https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kanu_Gandhi_%28scientist%29Kanu Gandhi (scientist) - Revision history2026-08-18T21:32:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kanu_Gandhi_(scientist)&diff=203072&oldid=prev>Salil Kumar Mukherjee: Picture addition2021-10-02T14:43:14Z<p>Picture addition</p>
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kanu Gandhi<br />
| image = Kanu gandhi.jpg<br />
|caption = Kanu Gandhi with Mahatma Gandhi<br />
| birth_date = 1928<br />
| death_date = 7 November 2016<br />
| death_place = [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[MIT]]<br />
| father = [[Ramdas Gandhi]]<br />
| relatives = see [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi family]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kanu Gandhi''' (1928<ref name="mm">{{cite web|title=A Rare Glimpse Into Four Generations Of Mahatma Gandhi Family - MERE PIX|url=http://www.merepix.com/2013/03/mohandas-karamchand-mahatma-gandhi-family.html|website=www.merepix.com|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> – 7 November 2016) was an Indian scientist. He was a son of [[Ramdas Gandhi]], thus a grandson of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<br />
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He studied at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], graduating with a master's degree in [[civil engineering]] in 1963.<ref>{{cite web|title=Supporting Gandhi and going to MIT were part of building India - Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Supporting-Gandhi-and-going-to-MIT-were-part-of-building-India/articleshow/7231769.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> Later he worked for [[NASA]] and [[United States Department of Defense]] on aircraft design. His wife Shivalaxmi was a professor and researcher in [[Boston Biomedical Research Institute]]. They had no children. In 2014 they moved back to India. He died in a private hospital in [[Surat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mahatma Gandhi's Grandson Kanu Gandhi Dies At 87|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mahatma-gandhis-grandson-kanubhai-gandhi-dead-1622501|website=NDTV.com|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mahatmas-grandson-kanu-gandhi-passes-away/article9316187.ece|title=Mahatma’s grandson Kanu Gandhi passes away|date=8 November 2016|access-date=8 November 2016|via=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Surat]]</div>>Salil Kumar Mukherjee