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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	His father, [[Devdas Gandhi]], son of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], was the managing editor of the ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. Rajmohan Gandhi attended [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]], New Delhi, India. His maternal grandfather was [[C. Rajagopalachari]], second [[Governor General of India]], after [[Lord Louis Mountbatten]], who was one of the foremost associates of Mahatma Gandhi.		His father, [[Devdas Gandhi]], the youngest son of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], was the managing editor of the ''[[Hindustan Times]]''. Rajmohan Gandhi attended [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]], New Delhi, India. His maternal grandfather was [[C. Rajagopalachari]], second [[Governor General of India]], after [[Lord Louis Mountbatten]], who was one of the foremost associates of Mahatma Gandhi.

	== Academic career and activism ==		== Academic career and activism ==
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	==Politics==		==Politics==
	In 1989, Gandhi unsuccessfully contested the [[Indian general elections 1977-1999#1989\|Lok Sabha election]] against [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in [[Amethi]]. He served (1990–92) in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the Indian Parliament) and led the Indian delegation to the [[UN Human Rights Commission]] in Geneva in 1990. In the Indian Parliament he was the convener of the all-party joint committee of both houses addressing the condition of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.		In 1989, Gandhi unsuccessfully contested the [[Indian general elections 1977-1999#1989\|Lok Sabha election]] from [[Janata Dal]] against [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Amethi]].<ref name=RG3>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf\|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha\|page=265\|publisher=Election Commission of India\|access-date=30 April 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf\|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> He served (1990–92) in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the upper house of the Indian Parliament) and led the Indian delegation to the [[UN Human Rights Commission]] in Geneva in 1990. In the Indian Parliament he was the convener of the all-party joint committee of both houses addressing the condition of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

	On 21 February 2014, he joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Mahatma's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi joins AAP, will contest from east Delhi\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mahatmas-grandson-rajmohan-gandhi-joins-aap-may-contest-from-delhi/453374-37-64.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226142618/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mahatmas-grandson-rajmohan-gandhi-joins-aap-may-contest-from-delhi/453374-37-64.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 February 2014\|publisher=IBN Live\|date= 21 February 2014}}</ref> He contested the 2014 general election from the [[East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|East Delhi constituency]] and lost.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/aap-to-field-rajmohan-gandhi-from-east-delhi/article5732494.ece \| title = Rajmohan Gandhi to lead AAP battle in Delhi East \| date = 2014-02-27 \| newspaper = The Hindu }}</ref>		On 21 February 2014, he joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Mahatma's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi joins AAP, will contest from east Delhi\|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mahatmas-grandson-rajmohan-gandhi-joins-aap-may-contest-from-delhi/453374-37-64.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226142618/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mahatmas-grandson-rajmohan-gandhi-joins-aap-may-contest-from-delhi/453374-37-64.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 February 2014\|publisher=IBN Live\|date= 21 February 2014}}</ref> He contested the 2014 general election from the [[East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|East Delhi constituency]] and lost.<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/aap-to-field-rajmohan-gandhi-from-east-delhi/article5732494.ece \| title = Rajmohan Gandhi to lead AAP battle in Delhi East \| date = 2014-02-27 \| newspaper = The Hindu }}</ref>

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'''Rajmohan Gandhi''' (born 7 August 1935)<ref name="Jamnalal">{{cite web|title=Professor Rajmohan Gandhi|url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2015/chief-guest/rajmohan-gandhi|website=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation|publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation|accessdate=4 January 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313182730/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2015/chief-guest/rajmohan-gandhi|archivedate=13 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> is an Indian politician, writer, historian and researcher. He is the research professor at the [[Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies]] at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]. He is the grandson of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari]]. He is also a scholar in residence at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar]].

Gandhi was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/g.pdf | title=Rajya Sabha members biographical sketches 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=4 September 2017}}</ref> from 1990 to 1992.

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