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| Four Generations Of Mahatma Gandhi Family Photos | Rare & Old Vintage Photos | Real-Life Photos |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) was born on 2 October 1869 into a Gujarati Hindu Modh Bania family in Porbandar to father Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi (1822–1885), served as the dewan (chief minister) of Porbandar state & mother Putlibai Karamchand Gandhi (1844—1891).
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) had three siblings two elder brothers Laxmidas Gandhi (1860-1914), Karsandas Gandhi (1866-1913) and one elder sister Raliatbehn Gandhi (1862-1960).
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) (1869-1948) & his wife Kasturba Gandhi (1869-1944) had four sons Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi, Devdas Gandhi.
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| Mahatma Gandhi Wife Kasturba Gandhi With Her Sons Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi & Devdas Gandhi |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Father Karamchand Gandhi |
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Mahatma Gandhi Mother Putlibai Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi With His Wife Kasturba Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) First Son Harilal Gandhi (Harilal Mohandas Gandhi)
Harilal Gandhi (Harilal Mohandas Gandhi) (1888–1948) was born on 23 August 1888 to parents father Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) & mother Kasturba Gandhi.
Harilal Gandhi married Gulab Gandhi in 1906, they had five children two daughters Rani Gandhi (Rami Gandhi) & Manorama Gandhi (Manu Gandhi) and three sons Kantilal Gandhi, Rasiklal Gandhi & Shantilal Gandhi. Rasiklal Gandhi & Shantilal Gandhi died at an early age.
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Mahatma Gandhi First Son Harilal Gandhi
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Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi ) Grandsons & Granddaughters - Harilal Gandhi Sons & Daughters
Rani Gandhi Parikh (Rami Gandhi) & Manorama Gandhi Mashruwala (Manu Gandhi) and three sons Kantilal Gandhi, Rasiklal Gandhi & Shantilal Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) Great-Grandsons & Great-Granddaughters - Harilal Gandhi Grandsons & Granddaughters
Rani Gandhi Parikh (Rami Gandhi) Son & Daughters : Anasuya Parikh, Prabodh Parikh, Nilam Parikh & Navamalika Parikh Vajjaria
Manorama Gandhi Mashruwala (Manu Gandhi) Daughter : Urmi Desai
Kantilal Gandhi Sons : Shantilal Gandhi, Pradeep Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Nilam Parikh
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Manorama Gandhi Mashruwala |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Manorama Gandhi Mashruwala Husband Surendra Mashruwala |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Urmi Desai |
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Mahatma Gandhi Second Son Manilal Gandhi
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Mohandas Gandhi Grand-Son & Grand-Daughters - Manilal Gandhi Son & Daughters
Sita Gandhi Dhupelia, Ela Gandhi & Arun Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi Great-Grand-Sons & Great-Grand-Daughters - Manilal Gandhi Grand-Sons & Grand-Daughters
Sita Gandhi Dhupelia Son & Daughters : Satish Dhupelia, Uma Dhupelia & Kirti Menon
Ela Gandhi Son & Daughters : Asha Ramgobin, Arti Ramgobin, Ashish Lata Ramgobin & Kidar Ramgobin
Arun Gandhi Son & Daughter : Tushar Gandhi & Archana Gandhi Prasad
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| Mahatma Gandhi Second Son Manilal Gandhi |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Second Son Manilal Gandhi With Daughter Sita Gandhi Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Second Son Manilal Gandhi, Fourt Son Devdas Gandhi & Granddaughter Sita Gandhi Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Second Son Manilal Gandhi With Wife Sushila Mashruwala Gandhi |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Sita Gandhi Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Sita Gandhi Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Sita Gandhi Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Sita Gandhi Dhupelia With Her Father Manilal Gandhi |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Grandson Satish Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great Great-Granddaughters Misha Dhupelia, Shashika Dhupelia, Sapna Misthrie, Sunita Menon & Great Great-Grandson Kabir Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great Great-Grandson Kabir Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Great Granddaughter Misha Dhupelia & Great Great-Grandson Kabir Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great Great-Granddaughter Shashika Dhupelia |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Uma Dhupelia-Misthrie |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great Great-Granddaughter Sapna Mesthrie |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Kirti Menon |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Kirti Menon With Her Husband Sunil Menon |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great Great-Granddaughter Sunita Menon |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Granddaughter Ela Gandhi |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Asha Ramgobin |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Arti Ramgobin |
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| Mahatma Gandhi Great-Granddaughter Ashish Lata Ramgobin |
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Mahatma Gandhi Son Ramdas Gandhi Wife Nirmala Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi Daughter-in-law)
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Mohandas Gandhi Grand-Son & Grand-Daughters - Ramdas Gandhi Son & Daughters
Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni, Usha Gandhi Gokani & Kanu Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi Great-Grand-Sons & Great-Grand-Daughters - Ramdas Gandhi Grand-Sons & Grand-Daughters
Sumitra Gandhi Kulkarni Sons & Daughter : Shrikrishna Kulkarni, Ramchandra Kulkarni & Sonali Kulkarni
Usha Gandhi Gokani Sons : Dr. Anand Gokani & Sanjay Gokani
Kanu Gandhi : No Kids
Devdas Gandhi married Lakshmi Gandhi (Daughter of C. Rajagopalachari) in 1933, they had four children three sons Rajmohan Gandhi, Gopalkrishna Gandhi & Ramchandra Gandhi and one daughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee.
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| Mahatma Gandhi Grandson Devdas Gandhi |
Mohandas Gandhi Grand-Sons & Grand-Daughter - Devdas Gandhi Sons & Daughter
Rajmohan Gandhi, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Ramchandra Gandhi & Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee
Mohandas Gandhi Great-Grand-Sons & Great-Grand-Daughters - Devdas Gandhi Grand-Sons & Grand-Daughters
Rajmohan Gandhi Son & Daughter : Supriya Gandhi & Devadatta Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gandhi Daughters : Divya Gandhi & Amrita Gandhi
Ramchandra Gandhi Daughter : Leela Gandhi
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57 Comments
This leaves out Gandhi's untouchable adopted daughter, Lakshmi. She was the daughter of Dudabhai who brought his family to the Sabarmati ashram.
ReplyDeleteThanks for filling up the missing information. It would be interesting and invaluable to record your version in detail.
DeleteThis site information is incomplete:
ReplyDeleteRamdas Gandhi's family:
1) Prof. Gajanan Kulkarni -- Husband of Sumitra Gandhi, founding faculty at IIMA and Dean
2) Nilu Shrikrishna Kulkarni -- wife of Shrikrishna Kulkarni
3) Vishnu Shrikrishna Kulkarni -- son of Shrikrishna Kulkarni
Photo of C. Rajagopalachari with his grandchildren has baby Gopalkrishna Gandhi sitting on the lap of Sumitra Gandhi, the daughter of Ramdas Gandhi. It seems incorrect not to put her name in the list below the photo. Please add the name.
ReplyDeleteThx for highlighting the errors sir/madam. I have rectified the mistakes. Hope u liked the post. I truly appreciate ur feedback.
ReplyDeleteThe photo of C. Rajagopalachari with his grandchildren has baby Gopalkrishna sitting on the lap of Sumitra Gandhi, the daughter of Ramdas Gandhi...isn't it appropriate to mention this detail in the photo commentary?
ReplyDeleteSumitra Gandhi is now the eldest living grandchild of the Mahatama. She was 19 when he was assassinated. It was her father Ramdas Gandhi who lit the funeral pyre at the funeral of the Mahatama. Freedom at Midnight has wrongly cataloged Devdas Gandhi as the son who lit the pyre. Sumitra Gandhi wanted to study at Shantiniketan, but the Mahatama felt that after the passing of Gurudev, it was no more the same. It was on the insistence of Madan Mohan Malaviya that Bapu agreed to allow Sumitra Gandhi to study at Banaras Hindu University. Sumitra was bought up at Sevagram Ashram. All the children of Ramdas Gandhi were brought up at Sevagram Ashram near Wardha...Bapu's ashram in India.
Kanu Ramdas Gandhi got a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Pune, which he followed up with a Graduate Degree from MIT Boston, USA.
Ramdas Gandhi and his wife Nirmala Gandhi lived their entire lives in the Gandhi Ashram at Sevagram. Ramdas Gandhi died in 1969, while Nirmala Gandhi died in August 2000 in Sevagram.
Hej Anonymous - Are you from Sewagram? where did Nirmala Gandhi lived in Sewagram?
DeleteThank you so much for accepting the inputs and making the site more complete and authentic. Probably you should get photos of Nirmala Gandhi, Prof. Kulkarni, Nilu Kulkarni and Vishnu Kulkarni too.
ReplyDeleteKanu Gandhi is married to Shiva Lakshmi not Batsheva.
It is probably better to say that Ramdas Gandhi was austere and frugal to a fault. Any old generation at Sevagram Ashram will attest to this. He was called Bhaiji at the Ashram. He was a bhakta of Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharishi. It is not appropriate to say that he had no taste for asceticism. Asceticism was not a trait that was expected of any of the Mahatama's children. Ramdas Gandhi was at the forefront of the Dandi Salt Satyagraha. He led the team which had Morarji Desai and S.B. Chavan as volunteers. He wrote his memoirs in Gujarati, titled "Sansmarano"..he was probably as Gandhi as you can get...probably the most of Gandhi's children.
ReplyDeleteHarilal Gandhi was Bapu's eldest, and his first Satyagrahi. He was older than Nehru. Bapu denied him education, although Harilal Gandhi deserved a scholarship to study law in the UK on merit. Gandhiji probably did not ever learn how to handle his son, as their age gap was so little. I believe, Harilal Gandhi is the most misunderstood and grave injustice is done to his contribution. Sumitra Gandhi in her book in Hindi, Anmol Virasat, and its later version Mere Pitamah has described this relationship beautifully. Shyam Benegal took this book and its inputs while making the movie "Gandhi my Father", but as is with most Indian's he never gave her any credit, nor did he return the books he borrowed from Sumitra Gandhi :-)
Sorry, I meant Y.B. Chavan and not S.B. Chavan
ReplyDeleteIt's unbelievable, but true, that now your site has (by accepting to change the credit on the photo of Rajgopalachari with his grandchildren, and including the name of Sumitra Gandhi) surpassed Time LIFE. In the picture by Margaret Bourke White, Sumitra Gandhi is there, but here name is conspicuously missing.
ReplyDeleteSorry if i am wrong sir/madam about Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Kanu Gandhi wife name, but i got the name of his wife from this source http://www.indianjews.org/english/?p=288
ReplyDeleteHello Syamala, please do not say sorry. The effort you have put in your website is huge and commendable. I just wanted to share some details with your readers, that will give a personal touch. Especially about Ramdas Gandhi. Not much is written about him as he never sought attention of any kind.
ReplyDeleteThere is an episode that happened on Jan 30, 1962. Mr. Nehru was still alive. Ramdas Gandhi was at the prayer meeting at Birla house. After the prayers as a mark of respect, Ramdas Gandhi walked up to Mr. Nehru (in those days there were probably fewer hangers on and probably no security) and folding his palms in pranam, introduced himself as "mein Ramdas". To this Mr. Nehru replied...Ramdas kaun? At this point, Ramdas Gandhi just did a pranam and walked away. This was narrated to me by someone who was there at the venue on that day and witnessed this exchange. What do you make of this? First, probably, Mr. Nehru did not bother to know even the sons of the person whose prayer meeting he was attending !! And what does it tell you about Ramdas Gandhi?? Polite, superb control on his ego and just as Gandhiji would wish him to be...as Gandhi as Gandhi can be.
You have not written much about Ramdas Gandhi, but all the other 3 sons have been well represented. I felt it important to contribute so as to fill in the gaps. In most commentaries, you will note, nothing substantial is ever written about Ramdas Gandhi...but that doesn't mean he did not live a substantial life.
Just as a poser to you, do you think Time LIFE and Margaret Bourke White would not put the name of Sumitra Gandhi in the photo if they had known who she was? Probably, they did not know who this young lady was. Probably Sumitra Gandhi was never introduced to the photographer?
Do try and put the relevant details from my above contributions.
Anyhow, I am ever so grateful. Btw, where did you get the various photos from?
While I do not dispute your recollection of the event, let me recall an event in a small town of Ramanagaram in 1962. Pandit Nehru made a brief stop when he was introduced to a local lady who spent her childhood in Allahabad while her father practiced as a junior. Pandit held both her hands against his forehead and fondly and respectfully remembered: "Oh! Shastri-ji! You are his daughter!!". So, may be it is not correct to impute motivations. At 73, his memory might have experienced its ups and downs.
DeleteThank you for taking the efforts in documenting this. I always wanted to know more about Gandhiji and his family. Your efforts are very much appreciated. I hope you keep this post live and documented.
ReplyDeleteBest Wishes.
I have not seen such a depth of information on Gandhiji and his family anywhere - such dedicated consolidation of one of India's greatest sons and his family is very commendable.
ReplyDeletePlease keep up the good work, well done!
This is amazing! Great insight into the present day Gandhi family.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed with Symala and Anonymous for their efforts and the mutually helpful collaboration.
ReplyDeleteWe need this kind of ego submergence Nationwide.
On a different note, it is interesting how a majority of the Gandhis have nothing to do with India.
Please Keep up the good work..very informative and thanks for the hard work that you have put in.
ReplyDeleteits grt, we have to remind ghandhi ji & ur family was not seen in politics.u have to come forward and rule the nation.
ReplyDeletethanks for posting mk.Ghandhi family tree.but feeling bad about no one is staying in India except few of them
ReplyDeleteThanks for this excellent work on Gandhi's lineage- if you could create a family tree, it would be easy to reference all the names at once
ReplyDeleteGood blog.. Thanks for information
ReplyDeleteGreat work this. Loved it. The very first pic was taken in 1899. It has Harilal, Manilal and Ramdas. The boy to the extreme left is Gokuldas Gandhi, one of MKG's nephews. Devdas Gandhi was born a year later in 1900.
ReplyDeleteGood informatic blog. Appreciate it
ReplyDeleteThis is a goldmine of information about the family tree of the father of the nation...amazing efforts in putting this together...kudos to the commitment in making this so deep and broad :)
ReplyDeleteI felt that if this information can be structured as a "Family tree" representation, it would become a more easier read and also might help in avoiding few redundancies...will most likely help the maintainability as well
Great work!
You are to be greatly commended for this labour of love and important historical contribution in tracking down pictures of almost everyone of Mahatma Gandhi's direct descendants.
ReplyDeleteThe British used to say, and it is unfortunately true in some ways, that especially Hindus have no sense of history. We just let the details slip away...
From this site, it is easy to see that the contributions of Gandhiji's family is second to no other in all of India, all done modestly and without boasting, fanfare or chamchagiri.
We salute this great Indian family.
This is one family which has lived upto the reputation of the father of our nation. All doing their bit to the environment around them, without much fanfare and so called celebrity status. After all the bloodline is after all of our pitamaha na. Thanx for the amazing collection
ReplyDeletegood job really very good job
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for this info :)
ReplyDeleteI am really astonished seeing the family tree of Mahatma Gandhi ,Felt soo good to watch this information
ReplyDeleteThank You thanks a lot for this info!!!
Thanx for the information and probably the best use e info. Good collection of pic. Also thanx to all those added/corrected the info.soory to those who wants to make it a issue out of this info.
ReplyDeleteIt was very useful to understand the Gandhiji's family. Thanks for the effort taken for this blog.
ReplyDeleteto fir wo indiake gandhi koun hai
ReplyDeletesahi hai bhai
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have important and rare information. It would be invaluable to publish the details for the sake of those who revere the mahatma.
ReplyDeleteGreat. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWhile Gandhi ji was a noble person, a saintly person, why are these Gandhis in the ruling party o f India defaming him -his name by their actions? Will this not be like defaming a saint, there won't be any harm to the saint but these people shall never be spared by the almighty.
This is superb effort to chronicle the great man’s descendants. Thank you very much. It shows none of the Gandhi clan, NONE, clamoured for the fruits of his 'sacrifice' in a way that is so blatant these days by namesakes. And yet, all of them are highly accomplished individuals in their own rights without taking any doles or still worse fleecing the system.. Story about Nehru and Ramdas Gandhi shook me up from within.
ReplyDeleteGreat work, astounding. I feel so proud to be from the same country as the Mahatma, as though we own him, that I forgot that he has a huge family of his own. That is his greatness, he belonged to us.
ReplyDeleteGreat work and Respects for the the Members of the Gandhi Family.......Never knew that one of the Gandhi would be traveling with me on the bus or in the train...So humble
ReplyDeleteMonumental work. Hope some day I would bump into a descendant of the greatest soul. In fact Gandhi's family should be treated as the first family of India. But destiny thrust it on Nehru's. How about the idea of getting at least a dozen of them on to a platform and announce that here are the symbols of simplicity, here are people who are not at all ostentatious, never craved for publicity and never cared for government patronage.
ReplyDeleteIt is so overwhelming to get a rare glimpse into Gandhiji's life and family. Brilliant snaps!
ReplyDeleteWhere is Indira gandhi, rajeev, sanjoy, varun, priyanka, rahul gandhi?
ReplyDeleteThey are not from Mahatma Gandhi's family.
DeleteI always wanted to know more about Mahatma's family. Never knew that it is available here. A great work done the author/compiler.
ReplyDeleteA rare and precious document- many thanks to the author, and the compilation. Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba remain India's Father of the Nation and his wife, and following their descendants is emotional, informative. Gandhiji's great grandson, Pradeep Gandhi- Harilal Gandhi's grandson- though modernly attired, looks amazingly like his grand dad, Gandhiji ! And though there were supposed cracks in the sons' relationship with their father because of his constant engagement with the nation, today, the descendants must be so,so proud...
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with a comment above that today's members of the First Family of India- Ganghiji's and Kasturba's- must be in some manner brought to the public domain...they being so Gandhi-like in their simplicity, and normalcy.
I too would sure like to bump into a Gandhi sometime....and feel that surge of joy of beign with the great Mahatma's descendnt....
Great work...
ReplyDeleteGreat Job, Thanks for your efforts. Keep it going
ReplyDeleteA great piece of work to bring together information on a family which every Indian should know. The humility with which the family has lived is something present day political dynasties should learn from. This work should be publicized much more.
ReplyDeleteI savor, result in I discovered just what I used to be
ReplyDeletehaving a look for. You've ended my 4 day lengthy hunt! God Bless
you man. Have a great day. Bye
Many thanks to the Author for this precious blog. Lots of respect to the Gandhi family defining their own paths instead of cashing in on. You guys deserve accolades with respect.
ReplyDeleteHello, very nicely complied and carefully collected information. Thank you very much for the efforts. May I know who is the person behind this and how did you compile all the information. May i also draw attention to a small mistake? the first photograph of Kasturba with four children: “Mahatma Gandhi Wife Kasturba Gandhi With Her Sons Harilal Gandhi, Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi & Devdas Gandhi” In this photograph, Devdas Gandhi is not present. The youngest child sitting next to Kasturba is Gokuldas, Gandhiji's sister's son.
ReplyDeletegreat work
ReplyDeletegreat work, though profession one choose are one's personal choice but no one in third or fourth generation seem to be passionate about things gandhi advocated..swadeshi..rural self republic..khadi..handicraft etc
ReplyDeleteWell narrated article supported with good photos !! Lot of effort indeed
ReplyDeleteExtremely pleased by the creator of this blog.... recently watched Gandhi movie.. and wished to know more about the Gandhi family.....as was Mahatmaji's habit..his family members have never yearned for any publicity and not misused Gandhiji's name for undue advantage ....my salute to this family...
ReplyDeleteIn the book Mahatma vs Gandhi, there is a character named Keshavlal Gandhi. What is the relation between Gandhi and him? Do let me know.
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