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* [[Mool Chand Jain]] – often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana"{{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>
* [[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 <ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-12 |title=Google Doodle celebrates Vikram Sarabhai’s 100th birthday |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/google-doodle-celebrates-vikram-sarabhai-s-100th-birthday/story-yGkaEh0LaZTOkg6WxUA9uK.html |access-date=2023-12-26 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kochanek |first=Stanley A. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=TRe6EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA346&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Business and Politics in India |date=2023-04-28 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-31912-7 |pages=346 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ambalal Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist {{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
* [[Mridula Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist
* [[Mridula Sarabhai]] – Indian independence activist
* [[Pandit Arjun Lal Sethi]] - Indian independence activist
* [[Pandit Arjun Lal Sethi]] - Indian independence activist

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This article is about adherents of Jainism. For people with the surname Jain, see Jain (surname). For other Jain, see Jain (disambiguation).

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Jain (/ˈdʒeɪn/) 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.

Virchand Gandhi
Vikram Sarabhai
Veerendra Heggade

Ascetics

Main article: List of Jain ascetics

Business leaders

Indian independence struggle

Constitutional office-holders

Kings and political leaders

Monarchs

Politicians


Entertainment

Sports

Authors

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[75]
  • Virchand Gandhi – represented Jainism in parliament of world religions held at Chicago in 1893, delivered 535 speeches in USA and Europe, and initiated education of Indian women in USA under banner of SEWI[76]
  • 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
  • Pankaj Jain
  • Janna – earliest Kannada poet and contributor to Kannada literature
  • Jainendra Kumar
  • Jhaverchand Meghani – Gujarati poet
  • Taarak Mehta[77] – columnist, humourist and writer
  • Adikavi Pampa – earliest Kannada literature
  • Bal Patil[78] – 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

Scientists and mathematicians

Ancient

Modern

Social workers

Activists

Padma Shri awardees

Padma Bhushan awardees

Padma Vibhushan awardees

See also

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