List of people from Ahmedabad explained

This is a list of notable residents of Ahmedabad, India. Residents may be known as Ahmedabadi or Amdavadi.

Business

• Shantidas Jhaveri, jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender
• Ranchhodlal Chhotalal, first industrialist and mill-owner of Ahmedabad
• Lalbhai Dalpatbhai, industrialist and first-generation mill-owner
• Ambalal Sarabhai, industrialist
• Kasturbhai Lalbhai, industrialist
• Shrenik Kasturbhai Lalbhai - Indian businessman and philanthropist, known for his contributions to education and research in India.
• Karsanbhai Patel - Indian billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Nirma, a consumer goods company that specializes in soaps, detergents, and other household products
• Pankaj Patel - Indian businessman and former chairman of Cadila Healthcare, a leading pharmaceutical company in India
• Gautam Adani - Industrialist and chairman and founder of the Adani Group^[1]
• Komal Shah (art collector), art collector, philanthropist, computer engineer, and businessperson in Silicon Valley^[2]

Entertainment

• Alisha Chinai, an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
• Darshan Raval, an Indian singer & composer.
• Disha Vakani, Actor and Worked in The Show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
• Tapas Relia - Indian Music Director
• Naresh Kanodia - Indian actor and politician, known for his work in Gujarati cinema
• Mrinalini Sarabhai - Padma Shri in 1965, Padma Bhushan 1992
• Kumudini Lakhia - awarded Padma Shri in 1987
• Taarak Mehta - awarded Padma Shri in 2015

Politics

• Brahmkumar Bhatt - Indian independence activist, Mahagujarat movement activist, Member of parliament, Member of Legislative Assembly, Former Chairman of Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) and Former Chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative(IFFCO)
• Gulzarilal Nanda - Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1997^{[3] [4]}
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Indian independence nationalist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950; posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1991^{[5] [6]}
• Mallika Sarabhai - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 2010
• Sakharam Ganesh Pandit, an Indian-American lawyer and civil rights activist^[7]
• M. C. Bhatt - Human rights lawyer
• Girishbhai Patel - Human rights lawyer
• Shamshad Pathan - Human rights lawyer
• Jhinabhai Desai - Gujarati poet better known as Snehrashmi, author, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist
• Prasannavadan Bhagwanji Desai - Indian demographer, economist and independence activist
• Subramaniam Hariharan Iyer - Human rights lawyer
• Mukul Sinha - Human rights lawyer
• Nirjhari Sinha - Human rights activist
• Achyut Yagnik - Journalist, academic and activist
• Ela Bhatt - Padma Shri in 1985, Padma Bhushan in 1986
• Keshavram Kashiram Shastri - awarded Padma Shri in 1976

Science

• George Joseph - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1999
• Pramod Kale - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1984
• P.R. Pisharoty - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1970
• Satya Prakash - Awarded Padma Bhushan in 1982
• Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power in India; awarded Padma Bhushan in 1966; posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1972^{[8] [9] [10]}

Sports

• Jasprit Bumrah (born 1993), cricketer
• Geet Sethi - Awarded Padma Shri in 1986
• Jasu Patel - Awarded Padma Shri in 1960
• Jay Shah - BCCI Secretary (administrator)

Other

• Dr. Vikran I. Shah, an Indian orthopedic surgeon, based in Ahmedabad. Shah established Shalby Hospitals in 1994.
• Prakash K. Desai - Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force
• Narhari Parikh (born 1891, died 1957), writer, activist, and social reformer
• Jyotsna Yagnik - Judge
• Balkrishna Doshi - awarded Padma Shri in 1976
• Haku Shah - awarded Padma Shri in 1989
• Kartikeya Sarabhai - awarded Padma Shri in 2012
• Tejas Patel - awarded Padma Shri twice
• Anil K Gupta - awarded Padma Shri in 2004

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chandna . Himani . 2018-02-05 . The Rise Of The Tycoon . 2023-11-25 . BW Businessworld.
2. News: Sheets . Hilarie M. . 2023-03-22 . Komal Shah, Champion of Female Artists, Works to Raise Their Profiles . en-US . . live . 2023-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230529004627/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/arts/design/komal-shah-women-artists-art-basel-hong-kong.html . 29 May 2023 . 0362-4331.
3. Web site: Mahurkar . Uday . 2013-05-31 . Gulzarilal Nanda is the epitome of Gandhian ideals . 2023-11-23 . India Today.
4. Web site: 2019-08-09 . List of Recipients of Bharat Ratna . 2023-11-23 . Ministry of Home Affairs.
5. Book: Gandhi, Rajmohan . Patel, A Life . Navajivan Publishing House . 1990 . 33.
6. Book: Singh, Satyindra . Blueprint to Bluewater, The Indian Navy 1951-65 . Lancer International . 1992 . 9788170621485 . 498.
7. Book: Coulson, Doug . Race, nation, and refuge : the rhetoric of race in Asian American citizenship cases . SUNY Press . 2017 . 978-1-4384-6662-0 . Albany . 76–82 . 962141092.
8. Book: Shah, Amrita . Vikram Sarabhai, A Life . Penguin India . 2007-02-15 . 9780670999514 . 16.
9. Web site: Padma Awards Dashboard . 2023-11-23 . Ministry of Home Affairs.
10. Web site: Padma Awards Dashboard . 2023-11-23 . Ministry of Home Affairs.