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{{short description|Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; biographer and professor}}
'''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]].
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| name = Rajmohan Gandhi
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| image =Rajmohan Gandhi (1960).jpg
| caption = Gandhi in 1960
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1935|08|07|df=y}}<ref name="Jamnalal" />
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[British India]]
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[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]] | access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>
| constituency = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| term =1990-92
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| party = [[Janata Dal]]
|otherparty  =[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|occupation        = [[Biographer]], [[journalist]]
| spouse =Usha Gandhi
| children =2
| parents =[[Devdas Gandhi]]<br/>Lakshmi Gandhi
|awards=International Humanitarian Award (human rights)
| website ={{official website|http://www.rajmohangandhi.com/}}
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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|access-date=4 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313182730/http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2015/chief-guest/rajmohan-gandhi|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> is an Indian historian. He is a biographer and a research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], US. His paternal grandfather is [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]], and his maternal grandfather is [[C. Rajagopalachari|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.
==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.
 
== Academic career and activism ==
Associated from 1956 with [[Initiatives of Change]] (formerly known as [[Moral Re-Armament]]), Rajmohan Gandhi has been engaged for half a century in efforts for trust-building, reconciliation and democracy and in battles against corruption and inequalities.{{fact|date=September 2019}}
 
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Gandhi played a leading role in establishing Asia Plateau, the conference centre of Initiatives of Change in [[Panchgani]], in the mountains of western India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.iofc.org/ap |title=Initiatives of Change |website= www.in.iofc.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223075109/http://in.iofc.org/ap |archive-date=23 February 2007 |access-date=2017-10-21 }}</ref> Asia Plateau has been recognized in the Indian subcontinent for its ecological contribution. During the 1975–1977 [[Emergency in India]], he was active for democratic rights personally and through his weekly journal, ''Himmat'', published in [[Bombay]] from 1964 to 1981.{{fact|date=September 2019}}
 
His book, ''A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 & the American Civil War'' (New Delhi: Penguin India, December 2009), studies two 19th-century wars occurring in opposite parts of the world at almost the same time. His previous book, a biography of his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi, ''Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and an Empire'', received the Biennial Award from the [[Indian History Congress]] in 2007.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} It has since been published in several countries.{{fact|date=September 2019}}
 
In 2002, Gandhi received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for ''Rajaji: A Life, a Biography of [[Chakravarti Rajagopalachari]] (1878–1972)'', about his maternal grandfather and a leading figure in India's independence movement, who became the first Indian Governor General, 1948–1950.<ref name="southasia.uchicago.edu">See [https://southasia.uchicago.edu/node/344028 "Discussion of Modern South India: A History from the 17th Century to Our Times"]</ref>
 
His other works include ''[[Ghaffar Khan]]: Nonviolent Badshah of the [[Pakhtuns]]'' (Penguin 2004); ''Revenge & Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History'' (Penguin, 1999); ''Patel: A Life, a Biography of [[Vallabhbhai Patel]] (1875–1950)'', Deputy Prime Minister of India, 1947-50 (Navajivan, Ahmedabad, 1990); and ''Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter'' (SUNY, 1987). One of his earlier books, ''The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi'', was published in 2009 in a Chinese translation in [[Beijing]]. Most recently, Gandhi has published a book titled, ''Punjab'' (Aleph Book Company 2013), which is a historical account of undivided [[Punjab]], from the death of [[Aurangzeb]] to the [[Partition of India|Partition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/life-of-letters/article4034454.ece|title=Life of letters|work= The Hindu|date=26 October 2012}}</ref>
 
Before teaching at the [[University of Illinois]], he served as a [[research professor]] with the [[New Delhi]] [[think-tank]], [[Centre for Policy Research]]. From 1985 to 1987, he edited the daily ''[[Indian Express]]'' in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]). In 2004. he received the International Humanitarian Award (Human Rights) from the city of [[Champaign, Illinois]], and in 1997, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of law from the [[University of Calgary]], and an honorary doctorate of philosophy from [[Obirin University]], Tokyo. He currently serves as a Jury Member for the [[Nuremberg International Human Rights Award]] and Co-chair of the Centre for Dialogue & Reconciliation in [[Gurgaon]].<ref name="southasia.uchicago.edu"/> In 2019 he was a contributor to ''A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue Between East and West (''Gingko Library).
 
==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.
 
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>
 
==Personal life==
Rajmohan Gandhi is married to Usha. They have two children, Supriya and Devadatta.<ref>{{cite web|title = Short Biography -Rajmohan Gandhi|url = http://www.rajmohangandhi.com/short-biography|access-date = 22 February 2014}}</ref>
 
==Books==
# ''Why Gandhi Still Matters: An Appraisal of the Mahatma’s Legacy''
# ''Understanding the Founding Fathers: An Enquiry into the Indian Republic’s Beginnings''
# ''Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten''
# ''A Tale of Two Revolts''
# ''Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and an Empire''
# ''Ghaffar Khan: Nonviolent Badshah of the Pakhtuns''
# ''Understanding the Muslim Mind''
# ''Rajaji: A Life''
# ''Revenge & Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History''
# ''The Good Boatman''
# ''Patel: A Life''
# ''Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter''
# ''Modern South India: A History from the 17th Century to Our Times''


==References==
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==External links==
* [http://rajmohangandhi.com Rajmohan Gandhi's website]
* Crossette, Barbara, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D9103BF93AA15753C1A96F948260 "In an Impatient Pocket of Rural India, Gandhi Fights for His Political Future"], Special to ''The New York Times'' Sunday, 29 October 1989
* Gandhi, Rajmohan, [http://rediff.co.in/news/oct/31raj.htm Biographical Essay on C. Rajagopalachari]
* {{C-SPAN|Rajmohan Gandhi}}


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