Gandhi (; ) is an Indian surname.
Gandhi may also refer to:
Family of Mahatma Gandhi
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British ru ...
(1869–1948), known as the
Mahatma
Mahātmā (English pronunciation: , , ) is an honorific used in India.
The term is commonly used for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is often referred to simply as "Mahatma Gandhi". Albeit less frequently, this epithet has also been used wit ...
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Kasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (, born Kasturba Gokuldas Kapadia; 11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was an Indian political activist who was involved in the Indian independence movement during British Raj, British India. She was married to Mohandas ...
(1869–1944), wife
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Harilal Gandhi
Heeralal Mohandas Gandhi (formerly Abdullah Gandhi; born Harilal Mohandas Gandhi; 23 August 1888 – 18 June 1948) was the eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. He had three younger brothers: Manilal Gandhi, Ramdas Gandhi a ...
(1888–1948), eldest son
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Manilal Gandhi
Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 5 April 1956) was the second son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.
Biography
Manilal was born in Rajkot, British India, the second of four sons of Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. He had an ...
(1891–1956), second son
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Ela Gandhi (born 1940), South African politician
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Arun Gandhi
Arun Manilal Gandhi (14 April 1934 – 2 May 2023) was a South African-American author, socio-political activist and son of Manilal Gandhi, thus a grandson of nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi. In 2017, he published ''The Gift of Anger: And Ot ...
(1934–2023), head of M. K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence
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Tushar Gandhi
Tushar Arun Gandhi (born 17 January 1960) is an Indian author and son of Arun Manilal Gandhi, thus great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. In March 2005, he led the 75th anniversary re-enactment of the Dandi March.
Early life
Tushar Arun Gandhi was b ...
(born 1960), Indian politician and peace activist
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Ramdas Gandhi
Ramdas Mohandas Gandhi (4 May 1897 – 14 April 1969) was the third son of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a freedom activist in his own right.
Biography
Ramdas was born in the Colony of Natal, the third son of Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. He ha ...
(1897–1969), third son
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Devdas Gandhi
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, spendi ...
(1900–1957), youngest son
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Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi (born 7 August 1935) is an Indian biographer, historian, politician and research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US. His paternal grandfather is Maha ...
(born 1935), biographer
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Gopalkrishna Gandhi (born 1945), Indian administrator, former Governor of West Bengal and Bihar
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Ramchandra Gandhi
Ramchandra Gandhi (9 June 1937 – 13 June 2007) was an Indian philosopher. He was a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. He was the son of Devdas Gandhi and Lakshmi (daughter of Rajaji), and brother of Rajmohan Gandhi and Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
Ramc ...
(1937–2007), Indian philosopher
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Leela Gandhi (born 1966), postcolonial theorist
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Samaldas Gandhi (1897–1953), cousin who led the ''Arzi Hukumat'' during the Junagadh crisis
Family of Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi
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Feroze Gandhi
Feroze Jehangir Gandhi (12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. He served as a member of the provincial parliament between 1950 and 1952, and later a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower ...
(1912–1960), husband of Indira Gandhi, real name Feroze Ghandy, Zoroastrian by religion
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 un ...
(1917–1984), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and wife of Feroze Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)
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Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian statesman and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the Assassination of Indira Gandhi, assassination of his mother, then–prime ...
(1944–1991), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)
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Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi (, ; ; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a big-tent liberal political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. ...
(born 1946), widow of Rajiv Gandhi; leader of the INC party (1998–2017, 2019–present)
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Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi (; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli Lok ...
(born 1970), son of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi; leader of the INC party (2017–2019)
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi.
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Sanjay Gandhi
Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi.
During his lifetime, he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head ...
(1946–1980), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi
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Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; ''née'' Anand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member ...
(born 1956), widow of Sanjay Gandhi
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Varun Gandhi
Feroze Varun Gandhi (born 13 March 1980) is an Indian politician who has been a three time Member of Parliament for Lok Sabha from the Pilibhit constituency. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was inducted into Rajnath Singh's t ...
(born 1980), son of Sanjay & Maneka Gandhi
Other notable people
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Anand Gandhi (born 1980), an Indian filmmaker
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Bhogilal Gandhi (1911–2001), Indian writer and independence activist from Gujarat
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Devang Gandhi (born 1971), an Indian cricketer
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Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1951), an Indian politician and physician
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James Gandhi (born 1993), British actor, producer and writer
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Jonita Gandhi
Jonita Gandhi (born October 23, 1989), credited professionally as Jonita, is a Canadian singer known for her work in the Indian film and music industries. Since 2024, she has performed as a solo pop artist by releasing her debut Independent E ...
(born 1989), Canadian playback singer
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Kancheepuram (Kanchi) Natarajan Gandhi (born 1948), Senior Nomenclature Registrar and Bibliographer at Harvard University
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Kiran Gandhi (born 1989), a musician who also performs as "Madame Gandhi"
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Lalit Mohan Gandhi (1952–2016), an Indian Nation Congress politician, Minister of planning and coordination
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Meera Gandhi (born 1963), founder of The Giving Back Foundation
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Nari Gandhi (1934–1993), an Indian architect
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Nikhita Gandhi
Nikhita Gandhi (born 1 October 1991) is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian films in five different languages. She has worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada film projects.
She sang as the face of Deepika Padukone ...
(born 1991), Indian playback singer
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Pooja Gandhi
Pooja Gandhi is an Indian actress and model who mainly works in Kannada-language films. After starring in the commercially successful 2006 film ''Mungaru Male'', Gandhi became one of the most-popular and highest-paid actresses in Kannada-lang ...
(born 1983), a Kannada film actress
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Pratik Gandhi
Pratik Gandhi (born 28 April 1980) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Gujarati language, Gujarati and Hindi films, theater, and television. He is best known for portraying Harshad Mehta in the Sony LIV biographical series ''Scam 1992'' ( ...
(born 1989), a Gujarati / Hindi actor
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Bhavya Gandhi
Bhavya Gandhi (born 20 June 1997) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi television and Gujarati films. He is best known for his portrayal of Tipendra "Tapu" Jethalal Gada in the Indian sitcom and latest role in ''Pushpa Impossible (TV ...
(born 1997), an Indian actor
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Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (1924–2014), an Indian Navy Admiral
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Shanta Gandhi
Shanta Kalidas Gandhi (20 December 1917 – 6 May 2002) was an Indian theatre director, dancer and playwright who was closely associated with IPTA, the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India. She studied with Indira Gandhi at a resident ...
(1917–2002), theatre director and playwright
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Sorab K. Ghandhi (1928–2018), professor Emeritus in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Virchand Gandhi
Virachand Raghavji Gandhi (25 August 1864 – 7 August 1901) was a Jain scholar who represented Jainism at the first World Parliament of Religions in 1893. A barrister by profession, he worked to defend the rights of Jains, and wrote and lectur ...
(1864–1901), Jain representative at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893
See also
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Gandhi (disambiguation)
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Gandy (surname)
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Ghandy (surname)
References
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