This is a list of notable residents of Ahmedabad, India. Residents may be known as Ahmedabadi or Amdavadi.
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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]
Engineering
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.
- Ali Sher Bengali, 16th-century Sufi saint of the Shattari order
- 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
References
- ^ Chandna, Himani (5 February 2018). "The Rise Of The Tycoon". BW Businessworld. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. (22 March 2023). "Komal Shah, Champion of Female Artists, Works to Raise Their Profiles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ Mahurkar, Uday (31 May 2013). "Gulzarilal Nanda is the epitome of Gandhian ideals". India Today. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "List of Recipients of Bharat Ratna" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Gandhi, Rajmohan (1990). Patel, A Life. Navajivan Publishing House. p. 33.
- ^ Singh, Satyindra (1992). Blueprint to Bluewater, The Indian Navy 1951-65. Lancer International. p. 498. ISBN 9788170621485.
- ^ Coulson, Doug (2017). Race, nation, and refuge : the rhetoric of race in Asian American citizenship cases. Albany: SUNY Press. pp. 76–82. ISBN 978-1-4384-6662-0. OCLC 962141092.
- ^ Shah, Amrita (15 February 2007). Vikram Sarabhai, A Life. Penguin India. p. 16. ISBN 9780670999514.
- ^ "Padma Awards Dashboard". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Padma Awards Dashboard". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
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