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The Sarabhai family has been a major business family of India belonging to the Shrimal Jain community. Sheth Ambalal Sarabhai, the doyen, an industrialist, who had five daughters and three sons. The family was involved the independence movement for India and later with the developmental tasks undertaken by the government of India. Ambalal Sarabhai was a mill-owner and also interested in philanthropic activities. His wife Sarladevi Sarabhai got inspired by the Maria Montessori philosophy and in the year 1922, Montessori sent E. M. Standing to India for the homeschooling of Sarabhai children. Sarabhai Enterprises branched out after India's independence and many pioneer ventures were made in fields dominated by foreign companies. The manufacture of drugs and pharmaceuticals, chemicals and intermediates, dyes and pigments, industrial and house hold detergents, soaps and cosmetics, industrial packaging and containers, and later engineering and electronic products. ==Family members== Prominent members of the Sarabhai family include: *Ambalal Sarabhai was in the 1940s and 1950s, the owner of the Sarabhai Textile Mills in Ahmedabad - at the time one of India's largest textile companies. *Anasuya Sarabhai (his sister), Gandhian freedom fighter * *Mridula Sarabhai (his daughter), freedom fighter and Indian politician * *Vikram Sarabhai (his son) co-founder of the Indian Space Research Organization and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. * *Mrinalini Sarabhai (his daughter-in-law), noted danseuse * * *Kartikeya Sarabhai (his grandson), noted educationist and environmentalist * * *Mallika Sarabhai (his granddaughter), noted danseuse and activist * *Leena Sarabhai (his daughter, founder of Shreyas Foundation) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarabhai family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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