Ramdas Gandhi

Ramdas Mohandas Gandhi (2 January 1897 – 14 April 1969) was the third son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.[1] He was born in South Africa.[2] He outlived his parents and all of his brothers. 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.[3]

Ramdas Gandhi
Born
Ramdas Mohandas Gandhi

2 January 1897
Colony of Natal
Died14 April 1969(1969-04-14) (aged 72)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Spouse(s)Nirmala
Children3, including Kanu
Parents
RelativesHarilal, Manilal, Devdas (Brothers)

He had no taste for asceticism, yet participated in the gruelling civil protests of the 1930s. Numerous jailings had serious effects on his health.[4] Raised in South Africa, he never adjusted to the idealistic poverty imposed by his father.[3]

At his father's funeral, Ramdas Gandhi was the one who had lit the fire to start the cremation, as Mahatma had wished for.[5] He was joined by his younger brother Devdas Gandhi at the funeral.

He died in 1969, aged 72.

References
  1. "Four sons of Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. University, © Stanford; Stanford; California 94305 (15 June 2016). "To Ramdas M. Gandhi". The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. Posted by Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav on June 20, 2012 at 2:24am; Blog, View. "Mahatma Gandhi and his son Ramdas-I". gandhiking.ning.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. Posted by Prof. Dr. Yogendra Yadav on June 20, 2012 at 4:39am; Blog, View. "Mahatma Gandhi and his son Ramdas-II". gandhiking.ning.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. "Ramdas Gandhi lights the funeral pyre of his father, Indian political..." Getty Images. Retrieved 25 April 2021.


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