Ambalal Sarabhai

Ambalal Sarabhai

Ambalal Sarabhai (1890-1967) was a leading industrialist of Ahmedabad and also played an important role in India's freedom struggle.

He was educated at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad and joined his family business as the direcor of Karamchand Premchand Private Ltd. He was the owner of Sarabhai Chemicals in Vadodara which manufactured chemicals and pharmaceuticals. He was the president of the Ahmedabad Mill Owner's Association in the year 1918-1919 and also a member of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. He was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal by the British government which he renounced. He gave both personal and financial support to the freedom struggle in Ahmedabad.

He married Saraladevi in 1910 and fathered eight children. One of his sons, Vikram Sarabhai, became a physicist and was considered to be the father of the Indian space program. His eldest daughter, Mridula Sarabhai played a leading role in India's freedom struggle.


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