List of people from Ahmedabad

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There are a number of distinguished citizens of Ahmedabad who have been awarded with the highest civilian awards of the country.

Bharat Ratna[edit]

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - awarded posthumously in 1991
Gulzarilal Nanda - awarded posthumously in 1997

Padma Vibhushan[edit]

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai - Padma Bhushan in 1966, Padma Vibhushan awarded posthumously in 1972

Padma Bhushan[edit]

Mrinalini Sarabhai - Padma Shri in 1965, Padma Bhushan 1992
Ela Bhatt - Padma Shri in 1985, Padma Bhushan in 1986
George Joseph - awarded in 1999
Mallika Sarabhai - awarded in 2010

Padma Shri[edit]

Balkrishna Doshi - awarded in 1976
Geet Sethi - awarded in 1986
Haku Shah - awarded in 1989
Jasu Patel - awarded in 1960
Keshavram Kashiram Shastri - awarded in 1976
Kumudini Lakhia - awarded in 1987
Pramod Kale - awarded in 1984
P.R. Pisharoty - awarded in 1970
Satya Prakash - awarded in 1982
Kartikeya Sarabhai - awarded in 2012
Taarak Mehta - awarded in 2015
Tejas Patel - awarded twice
Anil K Gupta - awarded in 2004

Other[edit]

Alisha Chinai, an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
Sakharam Ganesh Pandit, an Indian-American lawyer and civil rights activist^[1]
Darshan Raval, an Indian singer & composer.
Disha Vakani, Actor and Worked in The Show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Dr. Vikran I. Shah, an Indian orthopedic surgeon, based in Ahmedabad. Shah established Shalby Hospitals in 1994.

References[edit]

↑ 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.

[:2-1] 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.

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