Manilal Gandhi

Manilal Gandhi
Born	28 October 1892(1892-10-28) Rajkot, India
Died	4 April 1956(1956-04-04) (aged 63) Durban, South Africa
Spouse	Sushila Mashruwala (1927-1956)
Children	Sita (1928) Ela (1940) Arun (1934)
Parents	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Kasturba Gandhi

Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 4 April 1956) was the second of four sons of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. Manilal was born in Rajkot, India. In 1897 Manilal traveled to South Africa for the first time, where he spent time working at the Phoenix Ashram near Durban. After a brief visit to India, in 1917 Manilal returned to South Africa to assist in printing the Indian Opinion a Gujarati-English weekly publication, at Phoenix, Durban. By 1918, Manilal was doing most of the work for the press and took over in 1920 as editor. Like his father, Manilal was also sent to jail several times by the British colonial government after protesting against unjust laws. He remained editor until 1956, the year of his death. Manilal died from a cerebral thrombosis following a stroke.

Legacy

In 1927, Manilal married Sushila Mashruwala, and had two daughters, Sita (1928) and Ela (1940), and one son, Arun (1934). Arun and Ela are also social-political activists. Uma D. Mesthrie, Manilal's Granddaughter (Sita's daughter), recently published a biography on Manilal.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ Uma Dhupelia Mesthrie, Gandhi’s Prisoner? The Life of Gandhi’s Son Manilal. (Permanent Black: Cape Town, South Africa, 2003).

References

• Mesthrie, Uma Dhupelia. Gandhi’s Prisoner? The Life of Gandhi’s Son Manilal. Permanent Black: Cape Town, South Africa, 2003.
• Dhupelia-Mesthrie, Uma, “Writing the Life of Manilal Mohandas Gandhi,” Journal of Natal and Zulu History 24 & 25 (2006-2007): 188-213.

External links

• Interview of Ela Gandhi
• The African Activist Archive Project website has an Interview with Manilal Gandhi conducted in South Africa in September 1954 by George M. Houser. At the time he was editor of newspaper Indian Opinion and ran the Phoenix Settlement, both established by his father. There is also a 1947 photograph of Manilal Gandhi at the Community Church of New York, a September 1954 photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Manilal Gandhi at Phoenix Settlement and a 1954 photograph of Chief Albert Luthuli and Manilal Gandhi. Four issues of the newsletter Bulletin: Americans for South African Resistance has information about him: September 1952 issue, the January 14, 1953 issue, the February 27, 1953 issue, and the March 1, 1954 issue.

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Name	Rohan , Chotu
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Date of birth	28 October 1892
Place of birth	Rajkot, India
Date of death	4 April 1956
Place of death	Durban, South Africa