Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Arun Gandhi died at Kolhapur in Maharashtra on Tuesday after a short disease, family sources said. 

The funeral of the 89-year-old author and socio-political activist will be held at Kolhapur sometime in the afternoon, his child Tushar Gandhi said.

Arun Manilal Gandhi was born on April 14, 1934, in Durban, South Africa, to Manilal Gandhi and Sushila Mashruwala. He was married to Sunanda, a nurse in 1957 until her death in 2007.

Tushar Gandhi and Archana are the two children they both have. Sunanda and Arun came to Canada in 1987 and began the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in 1991 at the Christian Brothers University in Memphis.

Even though the fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi considered himself to be Hindu, he held universalist beliefs. His philosophy was influenced by Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, and he collaborated extensively with Christian priests. He also held to the ahimsa (non-violence) philosophy, just like his freedom-fighter grandfather.

Source Business Standard

BDST: 2126 HRS, MAY 02, 2023
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