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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 ...
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.
Vikram and Mrinalini Sarabhai (1948) Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in a Gujarati Jain family, in Ahmedabad, India. [3] [4] His father was Ambalal Sarabhai a major industrialist committed to the Indian independence movement. [5] [1] Vikram Sarabhai married the classical dancer Mrinalini in 1942. The couple had two children.
Geeta Sarabhai is the daughter of Gujarati industrialist Ambalal Sarabhai (1890–1967), who played a key role in the struggle for Indian independence. Ambalal Sarabhai supported Mahatma Gandhi as early as 1916, notably by providing him with financial aid, and it was at Ahmedabad where Mahatma Gandhi established his first Ashram. [10]
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. [4]
Gira Sarabhai was born on 11 December 1923 to industrialist Ambalal Sarabhai and Reva (later renamed as Saraladevi Sarabhai) in Ahmedabad and was the youngest of their eight children. She was home schooled along with her siblings, and never had a formal education. In her late teens, she moved to New York with her family.
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Mridula was born in Ahmedabad, India to an affluent business family. She was one of eight children of Ambalal Sarabhai and Sarla Devi, and a sister of Vikram Sarabhai. [1] She was home-schooled by a succession of British and Indian teachers under the supervision of her parents.