Mahatma Gandhi family tree
Karamchand Gandhi of Porbandar, his son Mohandas and Kasturba, their four sons and the grandchildren and great-grandchildren who followed. No relation to Indira Gandhi's family.
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Who is related to whom in the Mahatma Gandhi family
How is Rajmohan Gandhi related to Mahatma Gandhi?
Mohandas Gandhi is Rajmohan Gandhi’s paternal grandfather (dada in Hindi).
How is Tushar Gandhi related to Mahatma Gandhi?
Mohandas Gandhi is Tushar Gandhi’s paternal great-grandfather (pardada in Hindi).
How were Harilal Gandhi and Devdas Gandhi related?
Devdas Gandhi is Harilal Gandhi’s brother (chhota bhai in Hindi). Both descend from Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.
How are Rajmohan Gandhi and Gopalkrishna Gandhi related?
Gopalkrishna Gandhi is Rajmohan Gandhi’s brother (chhota bhai in Hindi). Both descend from Devdas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi.
How is Ela Gandhi related to Tushar Gandhi?
Tushar Gandhi is Ela Gandhi’s nephew (bhatija in Hindi). Both descend from Manilal Gandhi and Sushila Gandhi.
How are Leela Gandhi and Tushar Gandhi related?
Tushar Gandhi is Leela Gandhi’s paternal second cousin. Both descend from Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.
How was Kasturba Gandhi related to Rajmohan Gandhi?
Rajmohan Gandhi is Kasturba Gandhi’s grandson (pota in Hindi).
How are Arun Gandhi and Rajmohan Gandhi related?
Rajmohan Gandhi is Arun Gandhi’s first cousin (chachera bhai in Hindi): their fathers were brothers. Both descend from Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.
How was Mahatma Gandhi related to Karsandas Gandhi?
Karsandas Gandhi is Mohandas Gandhi’s brother (bhaiya in Hindi). Both descend from Karamchand Gandhi and Putlibai Gandhi.
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The Mahatma Gandhi family, generation by generation
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- Karamchand Gandhi (1822 – 1885): Court official who served as diwan of Porbandar and Rajkot; married four times, the last time to Putlibai, and father of the Mahatma.
- Muliben Gandhi
- Pankunvarben Gandhi
- Karamchand Gandhi also married Putlibai Gandhi (1844 – 1891): Karamchand's fourth wife and the mother of Laxmidas, Raliatbehn, Karsandas and Mohandas.
- Laxmidas Gandhi (1860 – 1914): Karamchand's eldest son with Putlibai, and the Mahatma's older brother.
- Samaldas Gandhi (1897 – 1953): Laxmidas's son, a journalist who headed the provisional government of Junagadh in 1947.
- Raliatbehn Gandhi (1862 – 1960): Mohandas's older sister, who outlived him by twelve years.
- Karsandas Gandhi (1866 – 1913): Mohandas's older brother.
- Mohandas Gandhi (1869 – 1948): Leader of the Indian independence movement, born in Porbandar; the youngest child of Karamchand and Putlibai. · married Kasturba Gandhi (1869 – 1944): Mohandas's wife from their arranged marriage as teenagers in 1883; she took part in the freedom movement and died in 1944.
- Harilal Gandhi (1888 – 1948): The eldest of the Mahatma's four sons; his own life diverged sharply from his father's. · married Gulab Gandhi (? – 1918)
- Kantilal Gandhi (1910 – 1983): Harilal's son.
- Shanti Gandhi (b. 1940)
- Manu Gandhi: Harilal's daughter.
- Rani Gandhi: Harilal's eldest child; her daughter Neelam Parikh wrote his biography.
- Rasiklal Gandhi: Harilal's son, who died young.
- Shantilal Gandhi: Harilal's son, who died young.
- Manilal Gandhi (1892 – 1956): Second son, who lived in South Africa and edited his father's paper Indian Opinion. · married Sushila Gandhi (1907 – 1988)
- Sita Dhupelia (1928 – 1999): Manilal's elder daughter, who lived in South Africa.
- Arun Gandhi (1934 – 2023): Manilal's son: an author and peace activist, born in South Africa. · married Sunanda Gandhi (1932 – 2007)
- Tushar Gandhi (b. 1960): Author and activist, Arun's son and the Mahatma's great-grandson.
- Ela Gandhi (b. 1940): Manilal's younger daughter: a South African peace activist and former member of parliament. · married Mewa Ramgobin (1932 – 2016)
- Ramdas Gandhi (1897 – 1969): Third son of the Mahatma, a freedom activist in his own right. · married Nirmala Gandhi
- Sumitra Kulkarni (b. 1929): Ramdas's daughter: an Indian Administrative Service officer who became a member of the Rajya Sabha.
- Devdas Gandhi (1900 – 1957): Youngest son, editor of the Hindustan Times, who married Lakshmi, the daughter of C. Rajagopalachari. · married Lakshmi Gandhi (1913 – ?): Daughter of C. Rajagopalachari; her marriage to Devdas Gandhi joined the two families.
- Tara Gandhi (b. 1934): Devdas and Lakshmi's daughter.
- Rajmohan Gandhi (b. 1935): Devdas's eldest son: a historian and biographer, and a grandson of both the Mahatma and C. Rajagopalachari.
- Ramchandra Gandhi (1937 – 2007): Devdas's son, an Indian philosopher.
- Leela Gandhi (b. 1966): Literary and cultural theorist at Brown University, Ramchandra's daughter and a great-granddaughter of the Mahatma.
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi (b. 1945): Devdas's son: a former IAS officer, diplomat and Governor of West Bengal.
Also in this tree, through marriage
- C. Rajagopalachari (1878 – 1972): Congress leader and last Governor-General of independent India; father of Lakshmi, who married Devdas Gandhi.
- Gokuladas Kapadia
- Vrajkunwerba Kapadia
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Photo credits
The pictures on the cards are from Wikimedia Commons, shown at thumbnail size under the licence named on each file. Pictures of living people appear only for public figures (politicians, royals, and film, music and sport people with no personality-rights order or suit in India we know of). Anyone else, and anyone under 18, shows initials.
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- Karamchand Gandhi: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Mohandas Gandhi: photo by Elliott & Fry, Public domain
- Kasturba Gandhi: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- C. Rajagopalachari: photo by Gandhi_Rajagopalachari.jpg : Unknown author Unknown author derivative work: Ganeshk ( talk ), Public domain
- Harilal Gandhi: photo by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal & Gandhi Research Foundation, Public domain
- Manilal Gandhi: photo by Underwood & Underwood, Public domain
- Devdas Gandhi: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Mewa Ramgobin: photo by Imthian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Arun Gandhi: photo by Medill DC, CC BY 2.0
- Rajmohan Gandhi: photo by Harry Pot, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ela Gandhi: photo by Fuzheado, CC BY-SA 4.0
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