Manilal Gandhi
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She married Mewa Ramgobin and had five children. One son was shot dead in a home invasion in 1993 and their daughter Ashish Lata Ramgobin was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2021.
Jul 1, 2013 · Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter, noted scholar Ela Gandhi, has spent her life as the custodian of his legacy in South Africa as well as the caretaker of Phoenix Settlement. She is also a prominent peace activist and served as a Member of Parliament in South Africa from 1994-2004.
Her goal as an activist was to “bring about awareness among people”. As a social worker Ela worked with Indian children as well as African children in Amouti. When Indians were moved from Springfield Flats to Phoenix, she was the first social worker to work in the area.
The Gandhi couple had four more children, all sons: Harilal, born in 1888; Manilal, born in 1892; Ramdas, born in 1897; and Devdas, born in 1900.
Mar 5, 2021 · Her education started in her parents’ brick home before her mother started a racially-integrated school at the Gandhi house for about 200 children when Ela was 8 or 9. Not too long after, an inspector from the Apartheid government warned Sushila not to educate Black children.
Sep 2, 2017 · When he returned to India, of all his sons, Manilal, his second born, made the biggest sacrifice, to be away from his parents and siblings and carry on his father’s mission in South Africa. Later,...
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May 1, 2018 · Peace activist Ela Gandhi, the granddaughter of India's non-violent revolutionary Mahatma Gandhi, is in Melbourne sharing his story and their advice to a world she says is heading off course.
