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'''Jain''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|eɪ|n}}) is the title and name given to an adherent of [[Jainism]]. The term has its origin in the Sanskrit term jina ("conqueror" or "victor"). This article lists prominent individuals who have self-identified as a follower of Jainism.
[[File:Virachand Raghavji Gandhi.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Virchand Gandhi]]]]
[[File:Vikram Sarabhai.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Vikram Sarabhai]]]]
[[File:Veerendra Heggade Potrit.jpg|thumb|right|175px|[[Veerendra Heggade]]]]

==Ascetics==
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{{Main|List of Jain ascetics}}
* [[Rajneesh]] - Acharya Rajneesh or Chandra Mohan Jain commonly Known OSHO<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nagaraj |first=Anil Kumar Mysore |date=January 2013 |title=Osho - Insights on sex |journal=Indian Journal of Psychiatry |volume=55 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=S268–S272 |doi=10.4103/0019-5545.105549 |issn=0019-5545 |pmc=3705694 |pmid=23858266}}</ref>
* [[Shrimad Rajchandra]] – Jain saint, scholar and poet
* [[Bhadrabahu]] – last {{transliteration|hi|shrutkevali}} (knower of all [[Jain Agamas]]) and spiritual teacher of Emperor [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]]
* [[Kumudendu Muni]] – author of ''[[Siribhoovalaya]]''<ref>{{cite web|author=ConchSolutions |url=http://www.conchsolutions.com/siribhoovalaya.html |title=Siribhoovalaya | Siribhoovalaya Information | Siribhoovalaya reference and meaning |publisher=Conchsolutions.com |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Kundakunda]] – Jain scholar monk, 2nd century CE, composer of spirituals such as ''Samayasara'', ''Niyamasara'', ''Pancastikayasara'', ''Pravacanasara'', ''Atthapahuda'' and ''Barasanuvekkha''
* [[Pujyapada]]- Acharya Pujyapada (philosopher monk)
* [[Siddhasena Divakara]] – Jain monk and author of ''Sanmatitarka Prakarana''
* [[Virasena]] – 9th-century mathematician
* [[Hiravijaya]] – influential Jain monk, title 'jagatguru'(influenced mughal Emperor Akbar)
* [[Yashovijay]]- "Nyayvisharad", "Nyayacharya" influenced masses through writings, mastery on logics 17th century Jain Sadhu
* [[Kanji Swami]] - Known as [[Koh-i-Noor]] of [[Kathiawar]], prominent digamber teacher.
* Acharya [[Anand Rishiji]] – Rashtra Sant & Acharya of Shwetambar [[Sthānakavāsī]] Jain Shraman Sangh
* [[Mahāprajña|Acharya Shri Mahapragya]] – 10th Acharya of Terapanth sect
* [[Acharya Shantisagar]] – 20th century [[Digambara]] Acharya
* [[Sushil Kumar (Jain monk)|Sushil Kumar]] – 20th-century Acharya and yogi; spread Jainism outside India
* [[Jinendra Varni]]—Author of ''Jainendra Siddhanta Kosha'' and ''[[Saman Suttam]]'' compilation<ref>Progressive Jains of India By Satish Kumar Jain, 1975, Shraman Sahitya Sansthan</ref>
* [[Prabhācandra]]—11th century CE [[Digambara monk]]

==Business leaders==
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* [[Gautam Adani]] – Founder of [[Adani Group]] and one of the richest people in Asia.
* [[Seth Hukumchand]] - Cotton King of India.
* [[Bhavarlal Jain]] – Chairman of [[Jain Irrigation Systems]] Ltd. {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Indu Jain]] & [[Vineet Jain]]– Chair person and MD of [[Times of India]] Group.
* [[Shantidas Jhaveri]] — businessman during [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Era
* [[Karpoor Chandra Kulish]] - Founder of [[Rajasthan Patrika]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]] – founders of [[Arvind (company)]] & [[Atul (company)]](1931){{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mangal Lodha]] – owner of [[Lodha Group]], Mumbai{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Thakkar Pheru]] — Treasurer of [[Alauddin Khalji]]<ref>Itihas ki Amarbel Oswal, Mangilal Bhutoria</ref><ref>Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma, trans., with introduction, Sanskrit chāyā and commentary, ''Ṭhakkura Pherūʼs Rayaṇaparīkkhā: A Medieval Prakrit Text on Gemmology'' (Aligarh: Viveka, 1984).</ref>
* [[Raja Harsukh Rai]] — a builder of several Jain temples in and around Delhi<ref>Jain Jagran ke Agradut, A.P. Goyaliya, 1952</ref>
* [[Premchand Roychand]] – founding member of The [[Bombay Stock Exchange]]{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Sarabhai group of Companies{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Jagat Seth]] - India's richest men during Mughals and British Rule
* [[Sahu Todar]] — Supervisor of the royal mint at [[Agra]] during the rule of [[Akbar]]<ref>Jyotiprasad Jain, Pramukh Jain Etihasik Purush aur mahilayen,
Bharatiya Jnanapitha, 1975, p. 284-285</ref>



==Indian independence struggle==

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* [[Daulat Mal Bhandari]] – Gandhian, first Member of Parliament from Jaipur, later Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Ajit Prasad Jain]] - (1902-1977) Union Minister UP congress president, Governor of Kerala and four-time member of parliament
* [[Jagdish Chandra Jain]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]] – independence activist{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mool Chand Jain]] – often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana"{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] – Indian independence activist<ref>{{Cite book|last=Agarwal|first=Dr Meena|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V81EDwAAQBAJ&dq=lala+lajpat+rai++jain&pg=PT9|title=Lala lajpat rai: राष्ट्रीय जीवनी माला - लाला लाजपत राय|date=2017-12-29|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5278-756-2|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mridula Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Constitutional Office-Holders==
* [[Rajendra Mal Lodha]] - 41st Chief Justice of India
* [[Karam Chand Jain]] - first Legal Advisor of the War & Supply Department of India and Special Police Establishment (SPE), which later developed into the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI).

==Political leaders==

===Monarchs===

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* [[Amoghavarsha]]<ref>Reu (1933), p. 72.</ref> – Rashtrakuta Emperor (Karnataka), India
* [[Veera Ballala I|Veera Ballala]] – Hoysala king from [[Malenadu]] Karnataka, India{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Bhamashah]] – adviser of [[Maharana Pratap]] hero of Mewar (Rajasthan).{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Bhoja II (Shilahara dynasty)|Bhoja II]] - [[Shilahara]] King{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Bimbisara]] – Magadh Emperor{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philtar.ac.uk/encyclopedia/jainism/digam.html |title=Digambaras |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html |title=Overview of World Religions |url-status=dead |access-date=3 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110100604/http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/index.html |archive-date=10 January 2011 }}</ref> – founder of the Mauryan empire
* [[Chavundaraya]]<ref>Kamath (2001), p. 45.</ref> - General of Ganga King Marsinha who built the [[Gomateshwara]], [[Shravanabelagola]], Karnataka, India{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Abbakka Chowta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boloji.com/history/028.htm |access-date=25 July 2007 |title=The Intrepid Queen-Rani Abbakka Devi of Ullal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807132003/http://www.boloji.com/history/028.htm |archive-date=7 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Queen of [[Ullal]]
* [[Durvinita]] – western Ganga king ([[Western Ganga Dynasty]]), Karnataka, India{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Kharavela]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page6.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=Maharaja Kharavela |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813081742/http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page6.htm |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page13.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=Maharaja Kharavela's Family |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813081735/http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/kharavela/page13.htm |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Kalinga Emperor (Kalinga is today known as Orissa)
* [[Kumarapala (Chaulukya dynasty)|Kumarapala]]<ref name="Luniya1978">{{cite book|author=Bhanwarlal Nathuram Luniya|title=Life and culture in medieval India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a8JAQAAIAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Kamal Prakashan |page=385 |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> – Solanki King
* [[Mahendravarman I]]<ref>KAN Sastri, A History of South India, pp. 382-383.</ref><ref>Stein, p. 122.</ref>
* [[Dhana Nanda]] - nanda dynasty
* [[Samprati]] – Mauryan Emperor<ref>{{citation |last=Tukol |first=T. K. |author-link=T. K. Tukol |title=Jainism in South India |url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/affiliates/jainism/article/south.htm }}</ref>

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===Politicians===



*[[Sunder Singh Bhandari]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Dharamchand Chordia]] - politician from Maharashtra
*[[Dilipkumar Gandhi]] – politician from Maharasthra
*[[Mishrilal Gangwal]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Abhayachandra Jain]] – politician from Karnataka
*[[Milap Chand Jain]]- politician from Rajasthan
*[[Nirmal Chandra Jain]]- politician from Madhya pradesh
*[[Virdhi Chand Jain]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]-politician from Kerala
*[[V. Dhananjaya Kumar]] – politician from Karnataka
*[[Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale]] – politician from Maharashtra
*[[Gyanchand Parakh]] - politician from Rajasthan
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[A. Rajendran]] – politician from Tamil Nadu
*[[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha]] – politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh
*[[L. M. Singhvi]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]] – politician from Rajasthan
*[[Motilal Vora]] - politician from Madhya Pradesh



==Entertainment==
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* [[Ashok Kumar Jain]] – host
* [[Chandulal Jain]] – producer
* [[Nivedita Jain]] – Kannada film actress
* [[Ravindra Jain]] – music director<ref name="Jains01">{{cite web|title=Jains steal the show with 7 Padmas|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jains-steal-the-show-with-7-Padmas/articleshow/46856659.cms|author=TNN|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=9 April 2015|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref>
* [[Taarak Mehta]] -writer
* [[Babla & Kanchan|Babla Virji Shah]] – music performer, singer
* [[Kalyanji Virji Shah]], music director
* [[Kiran Shah]]- actor
* [[V. Shantaram]]<ref>Dwyer, Rachel. (2005). ''100 Bollywood films. BFI screen guides.'' London:British Film Institute. {{ISBN|1-84457-098-3}} p. 82.</ref> – filmmaker, film producer and actor
* [[Madan Jain]] – actor
* [[Tarachand Barjatya]] – producer

==Sports==


* [[Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule]] – marathon runner<ref>{{Cite web |last=Uday |date=2018-07-03 |title=Phadeppa Dareppa Chaugule Belagavi's Olympic Hero {{!}} All About Belgaum |url=https://allaboutbelgaum.com/sports/phadeppa-dareppa-chaugule-belgaums-olympic-hero/,%20https://allaboutbelgaum.com/sports/phadeppa-dareppa-chaugule-belgaums-olympic-hero/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Authors==
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[[File:Champat Rai Jain.jpg|thumb|175px|[[Champat Rai Jain]], 20th-century Jain scholar]]


* [[Ilango Adigal]] (Jain monk)
* [[Banarasidas]] – poet, spiritualist and thinker; composed the ''Banarasivilasa, Nataka Samayasara'' and his magnum opus, ''Ardhakathanaka'', the first autobiography in Hindi literature.<ref>Ardhakathanaka: Half a Tale by Mukund Lath (Translator), Rupa & Co, 2005</ref>
* [[Virchand Gandhi]] – represented Jainism in 1893's parliament of world religions, delivered 535 speeches in USA and Europe, and initiated education of Indian women in USA under banner of SEWI<ref>{{cite web|last=Jain|first=Pankaz|title=Virchand Gandhi, A Gandhi Before Gandhi|url=http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=80894|work=A german e-magazine|publisher=herenow4u|access-date=9 August 2011|author2=Dr. Bipin Doshi |author3=Priti Shah }}</ref>
* [[Bhagchandra Jain]] – scholar of Jainism, Buddhism and ancient languages.; recipient of the President's (Rastrapati) Award; has written over 40 books and published more than 300 research papers
* [[Champat Rai Jain]] – influential Jain writer and apologist of the 20th century
* [[Padmanabh Jaini]] – author, Professor Emeritus Berkeley University
* [[Janna]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[Jainendra Kumar]]
*[[Taarak Mehta]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/showbiz/in-pics-a-look-at-the-life-of-popular-columnist-taarak-mehta-1882280/|title=In pics: A look at the life of popular columnist Taarak Mehta|last=Talreja|first=Vinod|date=1 March 2017|website=India.com|language=en|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> – columnist, humourist and writer
* [[Adikavi Pampa]] – earliest Kannada literature
* [[Bal Patil]]<ref>{{cite web| title=History of Vegetarianism and Cow-Veneration |publisher=Indologica |date=3 December 2010 |url=http://indologica.de/drupal/?q=node/1052 |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref> – author, journalist, Jain activist and ex-member of Minority Commission, Government of Maharashtra
* [[Nathuram Premi]] – publisher and scholar of Jainism, founder of [[Hindi Granth Karyalay]] and Manikchandra Jain Granthamala, historian, researcher, social reformer and editor of ''Jain Mitra'' and ''Jain Hitaishi'
* [[Kanhaiyalal Sethia]]
* [[Shivakotiacharya]] - 9th-10th century writer, is considered the author of didactic Kannada language Jain text ''Vaddaradhane''

==Other==
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* [[Vastupala]] – Gujarati Prime Minister under the [[Vaghela dynasty]], Minister of [[Dholka]], launched construction of the [[Dilwara Temples]] in [[Mount Abu]]{{snf|Sandesara|1953|p=26}}{{sfn|Laughlin|2011|p=298}}<ref name=":GVK">{{Cite book|title=ગુજરાતી વિશ્વકોશ|last=Shukla|first=Jaykumar R.|publisher=Gujarati Vishwakosh Trust|year=1990|editor-last=Thaker|editor-first=Dhirubhai|editor-link=Dhirubhai Thaker|volume=XIX|location=[[Ahmedabad]]|pages=619–620|trans-title=Gujarati Encyclopedia|language=gu|oclc=552367205}}</ref>
* [[Chandraswami]]
* [[Chitrabhanu]] – scholar
* [[Jyotindra Jain]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFZ7vQ2jwlEC&q=Jyotindra+Jain&pg=PP1 |title=Jaina Iconography - Jyotindra Jain, Eberhard Fischer - Google Books |access-date=14 February 2013|isbn=9004052593 |last1=Jain |first1=Jyotindra |last2=Fischer |first2=Eberhard |year=1978 }}</ref> – art and cultural historian, museologist
* [[Jivaraj Papriwal]]—Installed 100,000 [[Jain]] images in the 15th century<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA2730|title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes]|last1=Melton|first1=J. Gordon|last2=Baumann|first2=Martin|date=21 September 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598842043|language=en}}</ref>

==Scientists and mathematicians==

===Ancient===



* [[Mahāvīra (mathematician)|Mahāvīrachārya]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahāvīra - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mahavira/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mahendra Sūri]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahendra Suri - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Mahendra_Suri/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Yativṛṣabha]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yativrsabha - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Yativrsabha/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref>

===Modern===


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* [[Sohan Lal Jain]]
* [[Vandana Jain]]
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Father of Indian space technology<ref name="indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in">{{Cite web |title=Remembering Vikram Sarabhai: The father of Indian Space Programme {{!}} India Science, Technology & Innovation |url=https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/listingpage/remembering-vikram-sarabhai-father-indian-space-programme |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in}}</ref>

==Social workers==
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* [[Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain]]
* [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]]
* [[Harakh Chand Nahata]]

===Activists===
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* [[Ajit Prasad Jain]]
* [[Jagdish Chandra Jain]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jain|first=Jagdish Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4MeAAAAMAAJ|title=Gandhi, the Forgotten Mahatma|date=1987|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-037-6|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Jagdish Chandra Jain|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/dr-jagdish-chandra-jain/|access-date=2020-06-13|website=www.istampgallery.com}}</ref> - scholar, indologist, educationist, writer
* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |access-date=16 January 2012 |title=The 1989 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, BIOGRAPHY of Lakshmi Chand Jain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611024946/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – Ramon Magsaysay Award winner
* [[Dhulappa (Anna) Bhaurao Navale]] – first individual Satyagrahi of Mahatma Gandhi from Satara District in which Sangli
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] - Industrialist, philanthropist, institution builder
* [[Anasuya Sarabhai]] – pioneer of the women's labour movement in India

==Padma Shri awardees==
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* [[Mag Raj Jain]]
* [[Bhavarlal Jain]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=E-Book |url=http://www.bhavarlaljain.in/E_Book.htm?bk=Marubhoomi%20tun%20Baher.swf |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.bhavarlaljain.in}}</ref>
* [[Ravindra Jain]]
* [[Yashpal Jain]]
* [[Gyan Chand Jain]]
* [[Nemi Chandra Jain]]
* [[Sunita Jain]]

==Padma Bhushan awardees==
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* [[Veerendra Heggade]] - Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of [[Dharmasthala Temple]],<ref name="Rons Bantwal">{{cite news |last=Rons Bantwal |title=Dharmadhikari Dr Veerendra Heggade Lauds Social Welfare of Bunts Sangh |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=118641 |newspaper=Daijiworld |date=11 October 2011 |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> Karnataka, India
* [[Girilal Jain]]
* [[Kasturbhai Lalbhai]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Piramal |first=Gita |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gt5WXOQ08DYC&q=kasturbhai+lalbhai |title=Business Legends |date=1999 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-027187-4 |pages=309 |language=en}}</ref> – industrialist and philanthropist
* [[Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania]] - scholar, writer and philosopher<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jain Scholars and Research Centers |url=https://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/jainscholars.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.cs.colostate.edu}}</ref>
* [[Bhaurao Patil]] - educationalist, founder of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-27 |title=Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Marg: This road encompasses Telegraph Office, High Court |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/karmaveer-bhaurao-patil-marg-this-road-encompasses-telegraph-office-high-court-4956251/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Singhvi |first1=Abhishek Manu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_xdDwAAQBAJ&dq=Laxmi+Mall+Singhvi+born+jain&pg=PT35 |title=India's Vibgyor Man: Selected Writings and Speeches of L.M. Singhvi |last2=Malik |first2=Lokendra |date=2018-04-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-909407-3 |language=en}}</ref> - jurist, parliamentarian, scholar, writer and diplomat

==Padma Vibhushan awardees==


* [[Veerendra Heggade]] - for social work and Dharmadhikari (Administrator) of [[Dharmasthala Temple]], Karnataka, India<ref name="Rons Bantwal"/>
* [[Lakshmi Chand Jain]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |title=1989 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Public Service - Lakshmi Chand Jain |publisher=Rmaf.org.ph |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611024946/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyJainLak.htm |archive-date=11 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> - political activist, writer, member of the Planning Commission and Indian High Commissioner to South Africa
*[[Sunder Lal Patwa]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-12-29 |title=BJP veteran Sunderlal Patwa dies, MP CM Chouhan calls him 'father figure' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bjp-veteran-sunderlal-patwa-dies-mp-cm-chouhan-calls-him-father-figure-4449540/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> - 11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India.
* [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Space scientist who is considered Father of [[Indian space program|Indian Space Program]]<ref name="indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in"/>

==See also==
* [[Jainism]]
* [[Jain community]]

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