- Devdas Gandhi
-
Devdas Gandhi (Hindi: देवदास गाँधी) (1900–1957) was the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in South Africa and returned to India with his parents as a young man. He became active in his father's movement, spending many terms in jail.He spent a lot of time with his father. He also became a prominent journalist, serving as editor of Hindustan Times.
Devdas fell in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of Rajaji, Devdas's father's associate in the Indian independence struggle. Due to Lakshmi's age at that time – she was only fifteen, whereas Devdas was twenty eight years – both Devdas's father and Rajaji asked the couple to wait for five years without seeing each other. After five years had passed, they were married with their fathers' permissions in 1933. Devdas and Lakshmi had four children, Rajmohan Gandhi, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Ramchandra Gandhi and Tara (Bhattacharya).Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Family Influences Life Philosophy Associates Vinoba Bhave · Vallabhbhai Patel · Mirabehn · C. F. Andrews · Narhari Parikh · Ravi Shankar Vyas · Mohanlal Pandya · Mahadev Desai · Abbas Tyabji · Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan · Dada Dharmadhikari · J. C. Kumarappa · Hermann KallenbachLegacy Influenced Martin Luther King, Jr. · James Lawson · James Bevel · Nelson Mandela · Steve Biko · Aung San Suu Kyi · Maria Lacerda de Moura · Lanza del VastoMemorials at Kanyakumari · Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site · Pietermaritzburg · Rajghat · National Gandhi Museum · Gandhi SmritiMemorial observances Categories:- 1900 births
- 1957 deaths
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi family
- Gandhians
- Indian independence activists
- South African Hindus
- South African people of Indian descent
- Indian people stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.