2007-01-18 23:23:53 · 4 answers · asked by stevens 2 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
Ambalal Sarabhai - Father of Vikram Sarabhai
2007-01-19 22:21:17 · answer #1 · answered by Sri Ram t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vikram Sarabhai was born on 12 August 1919 in the city of Ahmedabad in western India. The Sarabhai family was an important and rich business family. His father Ambalal Sarabhai was an affluent industrialist and owned many mills in Gujarat. Vikram Sarabhai was one of the eight children of Ambalal and Sarla Devi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Sarabhai
2007-01-19 01:09:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.-
2007-01-19 03:29:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His name was Ambalal Sarabhai.
2007-01-19 21:10:05 · answer #4 · answered by lax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋