The Mahatma writes that 'The Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers.' Mohandas and Kasturba being third generation members of the cogent strata of this clan in a modern continuous descent, following upon a notable first generation progenitor who was first in the family to hold the office of full Diwan, Prime Minister as the Mahatma translates it, in a princely state, their issue now has notable and active members in their family's seventh generation and continue to be steadily prolific. 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. They had their first baby in 1885, who survived only a few days.

In 1883, Mahatma Gandhi married Kasturba (née Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia).

Gandhi has also been referred to (mostly by British officials) as Gae-ndy or Ga-ndhi as in Hindi the a makes an 'ah' sound. In common parlance in India he is often called Gandhiji 'ji' being a honorific suffix. Mohandas Gandhi is also referred to as Bapu ( Gujarati: endearment for 'father') in India, as prime minister Nehru called him at his funeral. On 28 April 1947, Sarojini Naidu too referred to Gandhi with the title Father of the Nation. Mohandas Gandhi has been called contemporary, post-colonial sovereign India's Father of the Nation, a title first given to him by Subhas Chandra Bose on 6 July 1944 during Bose's address on the Singapore Radio. Mohandas Gandhi was the distinguished leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. The Mahatma Gandhi family is the family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma meaning 'high souled' or 'venerable' in Sanskrit the particular term 'Mahatma' was accorded Mohandas Gandhi for the first time while he was still in South Africa, and not commonly heard as titular for any other civil figure even of similarly rarefied stature or living or posthumous presence. Rajagopalachari, Mashruwala, Kapadia, Dhupelia, Bhattacharjee, Menon

Not to be confused with Nehru–Gandhi family.Ĭ.

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