paid ransom to the Marathas to save Ahmedabad from plunder. Khushalchand's son Vakhatchand (1740–1814) was also a noted businessman. The Lalbhai family of modern India, which owns the Arvind Mills, traces its ancestry to Shantidas through Lalbhai Dalpatbhai, the great-great-great-grandson of Khushalchand. See also Anandji Kalyanji Trust Further reading In popular culture He was portrayed by Sudhir Kulkarni in Bharat Ek Khoj by the name of Seth Shantidas. References Businesspeople from Ahmedabad Mughal Empire people 1659 deaths 1580s births Indian jewellers 17th-century Indian Jains 17th-century Indian businesspeople Lalbhai family