Gandhi (surname)
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Gandhi (ⓘ; Hindi: गाँधी) is an Indian surname.
Gandhi may also refer to:
Family of Mahatma Gandhi[edit]
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), known as the Mahatma.
- 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 (1897–1953), cousin who led the Arzi Hukumat during the Junagadh crisis
Family of Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi[edit]
- Feroze Gandhi (1912–1960), husband of Indira Gandhi, real name Feroze Ghandy, Zoroastrian by religion
- Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), 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 Gandhi Vadra (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi.
- Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi
- Maneka Gandhi (born 1956), widow of Sanjay Gandhi
- Varun Gandhi (born 1980), son of Sanjay & Maneka Gandhi
Other notable people[edit]
- Anand Gandhi (born 1980), an Indian filmmaker
- Bhogilal Gandhi (1911–2001), Indian writer and independence activist from Gujarat
- Devang Gandhi (born 1971), an Indian cricketer
- Dharamvir Gandhi (born 1951), an Indian politician and physician
- James Gandhi (born 1993), British actor, producer and writer
- Jonita Gandhi (born 1989), Canadian playback singer
- Kancheepuram (Kanchi) Natarajan Gandhi (born 1948), Senior Nomenclature Registrar and Bibliographer at Harvard University
- Kiran Gandhi (born 1989), a musician who also performs as "Madame Gandhi"
- Lalit Mohan Gandhi (1952–2016), an Indian Nation Congress politician, Minister of planning and coordination
- Meera Gandhi (born 1963), founder of The Giving Back Foundation
- Nari Gandhi (1934–1993), an Indian architect
- Nikhita Gandhi (born 1991), Indian playback singer
- Pooja Gandhi (born 1983), a Kannada film actress
- Pratik Gandhi (born 1989), a Gujarati / Hindi actor
- Bhavya Gandhi (born1997), an Indian actor
- Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (1924–2014), an Indian Navy Admiral
- Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), theatre director and playwright
- Sorab K. Ghandhi (1928–2018), professor Emeritus in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Virchand Gandhi (1864–1901), Jain representative at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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