Ambalal Sarabhai (23 February 1890 – 13 July 1967) was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, institution builder, and supporter of Mahatma Gandhi.

At this time, Sarabhai stepped up to fund this Ashram and gave ₹13000 to Gandhi, which was two years' expenses.

He wed Sarladevi that same year; she was the educated daughter of a lawyer who worked in Rajkot.

Ambalal set sail for England in 1912 on a ten-month voyage, with some goals of learning about the textile business and some of the country's culture.

Ambalal was getting ready to turn the Ahmedabad Manufacturing and Calico Printing Company Limited, his family's business, into the biggest, most advanced textile mill in the metropolis.