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*[[Ela Gandhi|Ela]] (b. 1940), younger daughter |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
Mani Gandhi
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Born | (1892-10-28)28 October 1892 |
Died | 5 April 1956 (aged 63) |
Spouse | Sushila Mashruwala (1927–1956) |
Children | 3 (Sita Gandhi, Arun Manilal and Ela Gandhi) |
Parent(s) | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Kasturba Gandhi |
Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 5 April 1956)[1][2] was the second son of Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi.
Manilal was born in Rajkot, British India, the second of four sons of Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. He had an older brother, Harilal, and two younger brothers, Ramdas and Devdas.
Manilal's early years were spent in Rajkot, and it was in 1897 he traveled to South Africa for the first time (his father having moved there several years previously). The family lived for a time in Durban and Johannesburg.[3] Between 1906 and 1914, he lived at the Phoenix Settlement (in KwaZulu-Natal) and Tolstoy Farm (in Gauteng), both settlements established by his father.[3]
After a brief visit to India (accompanying his parents), Manilal returned to South Africa in 1917 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 in 1920, he took over as editor. He remained editor of Indian Opinion until 1956, the year of his death.[4] Manilal died from a cerebral thrombosis following a stroke.
Like his father, Manilal was also sent to prison several times by the British colonial government after protesting against what he perceived as unjust laws. He was one of the initial 78 marchers to accompany Gandhi on the 1930 Salt March, for which he was imprisoned.[3]
In 1927, Manilal married Sushila Mashruwala (24 August 1907 – 1988), a girl from his own community and similar background, in a match arranged by their families in the usual Indian way.[5] The marriage, which was entirely harmonious, was blessed with three children:
Manilal's children Arun and Ela are also social-political activists. Uma D. Mesthrie, Sita's daughter, recently published a biography on Manilal.[6]
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