Rajmohan Gandhi | |
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.jpg) Gandhi in 1960 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[1] | |
| In office 1990-92 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1935[2] New Delhi, British India |
| Political party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Dal |
| Spouse | Usha Gandhi |
| Children | 2 |
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| Relatives | Ramchandra Gandhi (brother) Gopalkrishna Gandhi (brother) Mahatma Gandhi (paternal grandfather) Kasturba Gandhi (paternal grandmother) C. Rajagopalachari (maternal grandfather) |
| Occupation | Biographer, journalist, politician |
| Awards | International Humanitarian Award (human rights) |
| Website | Official website |
Rajmohan Gandhi (born 7 August 1935)[2] is an Indian biographer, historian, politician and research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US. His paternal grandfather is Mahatma Gandhi, and his maternal grandfather is Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari. He is also a scholar in residence at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.
In 1989, he joined Janata Dal and unsuccessfully contested against Rajiv Gandhi.[3] In 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party.[4] He contested from the East Delhi constituency and lost.[5]
- ^ "Rajya Sabha members biographical sketches 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Professor Rajmohan Gandhi". Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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