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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Gandhi''' ({{audio|Hi-Gandhi pronunciation.oga|pronunciation}}; {{lang-hi|गांधी}}) is an Indian (Gujarati and Punjabi) surname. Both Punjabi Khatris and Gujarati Baniyas can have the Gandhi surname. The surname is found among people living within the Northern and Western Regions of India including Gujarat and Punjab States. '''Gandhi''' may also refer to:<br />
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==Family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi==<br />
* [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Kasturba Gandhi]] (1869–1944), wife<br />
* [[Harilal Gandhi]] (1888–1948), eldest son<br />
* [[Manilal Gandhi]] (1891–1956), second son<br />
** [[Ela Gandhi|ElizabethǍ Gandhi]] (born 1940), South African politician<br />
** [[Arun Gandhi]] (born 1934), head of M. K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence<br />
*** [[Tushar Gandhi]] (born 1960), Indian politician and peace activist<br />
* [[Ramdas Gandhi]] (1897–1969), third son<br />
* [[Devdas Gandhi]] (1900–1957), youngest son<br />
** [[Rajmohan Gandhi]] (born 1935), biographer<br />
** [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]] (born 1945), Indian administrator, former Governor of West Bengal and Bihar<br />
** [[Ramchandra Gandhi]] (1937–2007), Indian philosopher<br />
*** [[Leela Gandhi]] (born 1966), postcolonial theorist<br />
* [[Samaldas Gandhi]], cousin who led the ''Arzi Hukumat'' during the Junagadh crisis<br />
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==Family of Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi==<br />
* [[Feroze Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Indira Gandhi]], daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and wife of Feroze Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)<br />
** [[Rajiv Gandhi]] (1944–1991), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)<br />
** [[Sonia Gandhi]] (born 1946), widow of Rajiv Gandhi; leader of the INC party (1998–2017, 2019–present)<br />
*** [[Rahul Gandhi]] (born 1970), son of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi; leader of the INC party (2017–2019)<br />
*** [[Priyanka Gandhi|Priyanka Vadra]] (born 1971), daughter of Sonia Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi.<br />
** [[Sanjay Gandhi]] (1946–1980), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi<br />
** [[Maneka Gandhi]], widow of Sanjay Gandhi<br />
*** [[Varun Gandhi]], son of Sanjay & Maneka Gandhi<br />
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==Other persons==<br />
* [[Virchand Gandhi]] (1864–1901), Jain representative at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893<br />
* [[Shanta Gandhi]] (1917–2002), theatre director and playwright<br />
* [[Rustom K. S. Ghandhi]] (1924 – 2014), an Indian Navy Admiral<br />
* [[Sorab K. Ghandhi]] (born 1928), professor Emeritus in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<br />
* [[Nari Gandhi]] (1934–1993), an Indian architect<br />
* [[Dharamvir Gandhi]] (born 1951), an Indian politician and physician <br />
* [[Kanchi Gandhi|Kancheepuram (Kanchi) Natarajan Gandhi]] (born 1948), Senior Nomenclature Registrar and Bibliographer at [[Harvard University]] in the Department of [[Botany]] in the [[Harvard University Herbaria]] & Libraries (HUH and HUL)<br />
* [[Meera Gandhi]] (born 1963), founder of The Giving Back Foundation<br />
* [[Devang Gandhi]] (born 1971), an Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Anand Gandhi]] (born 1980), an Indian filmmaker<br />
* [[Pooja Gandhi]] (born 1983), a Kannada film actress<br />
* [[Kiran Gandhi]] (born 1989), a musician who also performs as "Madame Gandhi"<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Gandhi (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Gandy (surname)]]<br />
* [[Ghandy (surname)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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