Ramdas Mohandas Gandhi (1897 - 1969)

Born 2 Jan 1897 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ancestors

Died 14 Apr 1969 at age 72 in Poona, Maharashtra, India

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Biography

Ramdas Gandhi is Notable.

Ramdas Gandhi (1897 – April 14, 1969) was the third son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in South Africa. He outlived his parents and all of his brothers.

Marriage and Children

He and his wife Nirmala had three children; Sumitra Gandhi, Kanu Gandhi and Usha Gandhi. He was active in his father's Indian independence movement.

He had no taste for asceticism, yet participated in the grueling civil protests of the 1930s. Numerous jailings had serious effects on his health. Raised in South Africa, he never adjusted to the idealistic poverty imposed by his father. He had a taste for hunting.

India

Ramdas Gandhi migrated from South Africa to India.

At his father's funeral, Ramdas Gandhi was the one who lit the fire to start the cremation, as Mahatma had wished for. He was joined by his younger brother Devdas Gandhi at the funeral.

Death

He died in the year of his father's centenary.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramdas_Gandhi