Gandhi (surname)
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Gandhi is an Indian family name, meaning a seller of perfumes.[1] This surname is found in Banias of Gujarat and Khatris of Punjab. Gandhi may also refer to:
Family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[edit]
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Kasturba Gandhi (1869–1944), wife
- Harilal Gandhi (1888–1948), eldest son
- Manilal Gandhi (1891–1956), second son
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- Ela Gandhi (born 1940), South African politician
- Arun Gandhi (born 1934), head of M. K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence
- Sunanda Gandhi (1932-2007) wife of Arun Gandhi
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- Tushar Gandhi (born 1960), Indian politician and peace activist
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- Ramdas Gandhi (1897–1969), third son
- Devdas Gandhi (1900–1957), youngest son
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- Rajmohan Gandhi (born 1935), biographer
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi (born 1945), Indian administrator, former Governor of West Bengal and Bihar
- Ramchandra Gandhi (1937–2007), Indian philosopher
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- 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[edit]
See also: Nehru-Gandhi Family
- Feroze Gandhi
- Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and wife of Feroze Gandhi and former Prime Minister of India
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991), son of Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)
- Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), widow of Rajiv Gandhi, current[update] President of the Indian National Congress party
- Rahul Gandhi (born 1970), son of Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
- Priyanka Vadra (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
- Sanjay Gandhi (1946–1980), son of Indira Gandhi
- Maneka Gandhi, wife of Sanjay Gandhi
- Varun Gandhi, son of Sanjay and Maneka
Other persons[edit]
- Devang Gandhi (born 1971), an Indian cricketer
- Jayesh Gandhi, lead guitarist of the rock group Indus Creed
- Nari Gandhi (1934–1993) was an Indian architect
- Pooja Gandhi, a Kannada film actress
- Rehavam Ze'evi, an Israeli politician nicknamed Gandhi
- Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), theatre director, and playwright
- Virchand Gandhi (1864–1901), represented Jains at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893
- Nilay Gandhi, Noted Architect, President and CEO of Geneva Consulting in 2010
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