Gandhi (surname)

Gandhi (pronunciation (help·info); Hindi: गांधी) is an Indian (Gujarati and Punjabi) surname. Both Punjabi Khatris and Gujarati Baniyas can have the Gandhi surname therefore it is not a symbol of any caste. The surname is found among people living within the Northern and Western Regions of India including Gujarat and Punjab States. Gandhi may also refer to:

Family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[]

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• Kasturba Gandhi (1869–1944), wife
• Harilal Gandhi (1888–1948), eldest son
• Manilal Gandhi (1891–1956), second son
  • Ela Gandhi (born 1940), South African politician
  • Arun Gandhi (born 1934), head of M. K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence
    • Tushar Gandhi (born 1960), Indian politician and peace activist
• Ramdas Gandhi (1897–1969), third son
• Devdas Gandhi (1900–1957), youngest son
  • Rajmohan Gandhi (born 1935), biographer
  • Gopalkrishna Gandhi (born 1945), Indian administrator, former Governor of West Bengal and Bihar
  • Ramchandra Gandhi (1937–2007), Indian philosopher
    • Leela Gandhi (born 1966), postcolonial theorist
• Samaldas Gandhi, cousin who led the Arzi Hukumat during the Junagadh crisis

Family of Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi[]

• Feroze Gandhi
• Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and wife of Feroze Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)
  • Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)
  • Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), widow of Rajiv Gandhi; leader of the INC party (1998–2017, 2019–present)
    • Rahul Gandhi (born 1970), son of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi; leader of the INC party (2017–2019)
    • Priyanka Vadra (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi.
  • Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi
  • Maneka Gandhi, widow of Sanjay Gandhi
    • Varun Gandhi, son of Sanjay & Maneka Gandhi

Other persons[]

• Virchand Gandhi (1864–1901), Jain representative at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893
• Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), theatre director and playwright
• Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (1924 – 2014), an Indian Navy Admiral
• Sorab K. Ghandhi (born 1928), professor Emeritus in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Nari Gandhi (1934–1993), an Indian architect
• Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1951), an Indian politician and physician
• Kancheepuram (Kanchi) Natarajan Gandhi (born 1948), Senior Nomenclature Registrar and Bibliographer at Harvard University in the Department of Botany in the Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries (HUH and HUL)
• Meera Gandhi (born 1963), founder of The Giving Back Foundation
• Devang Gandhi (born 1971), an Indian cricketer
• Anand Gandhi (born 1980), an Indian filmmaker
• Pooja Gandhi (born 1983), a Kannada film actress
• Kiran Gandhi (born 1989), a musician who also performs as "Madame Gandhi"

See also[]

• Gandhi (disambiguation)
• Gandy (surname)
• Ghandy (surname)

References[]

Surname list

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