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The Gandhi family is the family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi; Mahatma meaning "high souled" or "venerable" in Sanskrit; [1] the particular term 'Mahatma' was accorded Mohandas Gandhi for the first time while he was still in South Africa, and not commonly heard as titular for any other civil figure even of similarly ...
Pages in category "Family of Mahatma Gandhi" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Tushar Arun Gandhi (born 17 January 1960) is an Indian author and son of Arun Manilal Gandhi, thus great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. [3] In March 2005, he led the 75th anniversary re-enactment of the Dandi March . [ 4 ]
The word Mahatma, while often mistaken for Gandhi's given name in the West, is taken from the Sanskrit words maha (meaning Great) and atma (meaning Soul). [ 282 ] [ 283 ] He was publicly bestowed with the honorific title "Mahatma" in July 1914 at farewell meeting in Town Hall, Durban .
Leela Gandhi (born 1966) is an Indian-born literary and cultural theorist who is noted for her work in postcolonial theory. [1] [2] She is currently the John Hawkes Professor of Humanities and English and director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University. [3] [4] [5] She is the great-granddaughter of Mahatma ...
In June 1935, Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter [11] to Harilal, accusing him of "alcohol and debauchery". In the letters, [12] Mahatma Gandhi stated that Harilal's problems were more difficult for him to deal with than the struggle for an independent India. In 2014 three letters written by Mahatma Gandhi to Harilal in 1935 were offered for auction ...
His detention comes on the same day Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi were arrested in 1942 over the ‘Quit India’ movement
Devdas Mohandas Gandhi (22 May 1900 – 3 August 1957) was the fourth and youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born in the Colony of Natal and came to India with his parents as a grown man. He became active in his father's movement, spending many terms in jail. He also became a prominent journalist, serving as editor of Hindustan Times.