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The Sarabhai family is a prominent Indian family active in several fields. The patriarch, Ambalal Sarabhai, was a leading industrialist.While he created significant wealth, his children interested themselves in a wide variety of other endeavours, and the family is better known for those activities, rather than for their industrial enterprise.
Ambalal and his family lived the life of upper-class English aristocrats with an English butler, chauffeur, valet, and maid in a rented house in Richmond. Ambalal Sarabhai's family earned the informal title 'Medici of Ahmedabad' for their role in the city development with their progressive views on the culture and politics of the city.
Sarabhai is a surname, and may refer to: Ambalal Sarabhai (1890–1967), Indian industrialist; Anasuya Sarabhai (1885–1972), Indian women's labour movement pioneer; Gautam Sarabhai (1917–1995), industrialist and businessman; Gira Sarabhai (1923–2021), Indian architect and designer; Gita Sarabhai (1922–2011), Indian musician
Gautam Sarabhai, center, with family, at Gautam's home, overlooking the Sabarmati River, in 1952. L to R: N. R. Nadkarni, Dr. Rake, Gautam Sarabhai, Ambalal Sarabhai, Dr. H. B. Sreerangachar. Gautam Sarabhai (4 March 1917 – 28 August 1995) [1] was an industrialist and businessman from the Sarabhai family of Ahmedabad.
The Calico Mills was one of earliest textile mills in Ahmedabad, established in 1888 by Sheth Karamchand Premchand, the ancestor of Sarabhai family. [1] [3] The mills were spread over an area of 241,022 square metres (59.558 acres) on the bank of Sabarmati river. The mills flourished under Ambalal Sarabhai. It was later managed by Ambalal's son ...
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English: This luncheon group photo from July 5, 1951, is noteworthy for the several members of the Sarabhai family in attendance: Mr. Ambalal Sarabhai and three of his children - Dr. Vikram, Geeta, and Gira Sarabhai - along with Geeta's husband, Satyadev Mayor. The Squibb-Sarabhai joint venture was progressing well in this first year of its ...
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