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Devdas fell in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of [[C. Rajagopalachari]], Devdas's father's associate in the [[Indian independence struggle]]. Due to Lakshmi's age at that time | Devdas fell in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of [[C. Rajagopalachari]], Devdas's father's associate in the [[Indian independence struggle]]. Due to Lakshmi's age at that time – she was only 15 and Devdas was 28 – both Devdas's father and Rajaji asked the couple to wait for five years without seeing each other. After five years had passed, they were married with their fathers' permissions in 1933.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire|last=Tunzelmann|first=Alex Von|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2008|isbn=9781416522256|location=London, United Kingdom|pages=78}}</ref> | ||
Devdas and Lakshmi had four children, [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]], [[Ramchandra Gandhi]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ramachandra Guha|author-link=Ramachandra Guha|date=15 August 2009|title=The Rise and Fall of the Bilingual Intellectual|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|publisher=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=XLIV|issue=33|url=https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/iit/The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20the%20Bilingual%20Intellectual%20-%20AV.pdf}}</ref> and Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee (born 24 April 1934, New Delhi). | Devdas and Lakshmi had four children, [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]], [[Ramchandra Gandhi]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ramachandra Guha|author-link=Ramachandra Guha|date=15 August 2009|title=The Rise and Fall of the Bilingual Intellectual|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|publisher=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=XLIV|issue=33|url=https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/iit/The%20Rise%20and%20Fall%20of%20the%20Bilingual%20Intellectual%20-%20AV.pdf}}</ref> and Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee (born 24 April 1934, New Delhi). | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
When [[Mahatma Gandhi]] started seeking help for establishment of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], Devdas also came forward on the call of Gandhi. He started teaching Hindi there and also | When [[Mahatma Gandhi]] started seeking help for establishment of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], Devdas also came forward on the call of Gandhi. He started teaching Hindi there and also cotton spinning.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Editor|date=2020-10-23|title=Jamia Millia and Mahatma Gandhi: A Walk into History Lanes|url=https://www.inclusiveindia.net/education/jamia-millia-and-mahatma-gandhi-a-walk-into-history-lanes/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=inclusiveindia.net|language=en-US|quote=Devdas is teaching cotton spinning etc at Jamia Millia}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||