[3] The Government of India honoured Tailor in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.

[4] Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor was born on 17 May 1956 in a small village of Adas, in the Kheda district of the Indian state Gujarat, in a family with meagre financial resources.

[5] Kanubhai began his social life with a hunger strike in 1979 for free travel facilities for the disabled people.

After eleven days of strike, the Government of Gujarat allowed free travel to physically disabled people.

[6][9][10] During the period he was running the printing press, Kanubhai was honored by the Government of Gujarat with the award of the Best Employer.