| 1. Arun Manilal Gandhi was a South African-born American author and socio-political activist, the son of Manilal Mohandas Gandhi and the fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. |
| 2. His family has its roots in India. |
| 3. He was born in South Africa and later moved to India with his family. |
| 4. At five years old, he briefly met Mahatma Gandhi and eventually lived with him at the Sevagram ashram in India after India’s Independence in 1946. |
| 5. Returning to South Africa at 14, he spent his childhood there. |
| 6. In India, he worked as a journalist and authored his first book in 1949. |
| 7. While living at Sevagram, he taught illiterate children and their parents under his grandfather’s guidance. |
| 8. In 1982, he critiqued the Indian government's subsidizing of the film 'Gandhi', but later praised its portrayal of his grandfather. |
| 9. He moved to the United States in 1987 for a study at the University of Mississippi. |
| 10. In 1991, he founded the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 11. In 1996, he co-founded the ‘Season for Nonviolence’ event. |
| 12. He signed 'Humanism and Its Aspirations' in 2003. |
| 13. In 2003, he published 'Legacy of Love: My Education in the Path of Nonviolence.’ |
| 14. In 2007, he held a teaching position at Salisbury University. |
| 15. On November 12, 2007, he spoke about 'Nonviolence in the Age of Terrorism' at Salisbury University. |
| 16. After his wife's passing in 2007, he relocated the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence to Rochester, New York. |
| 17. In 2008, he faced controversy at Christian Brothers University but continued teaching at Salisbury University. |
| 18. He gave speeches worldwide on non-violence. |
| 19. In the following years, he continued to give talks advocating peace and nonviolence. |
| 20. He was featured in a documentary in 2009 and continued to speak on global platforms. |
| 21. He co-authored children's books in 2014 and 2016. |
| 22. His book 'The Gift of Anger' was published in 2015. |
| 23. As of 2016, he resided in Rochester, New York. |
| 24. In November 2022, he spoke at Augustana College's Global Lecture Series in Illinois. |
| 25. In 1956, he left South Africa to immerse his father's ashes in India and was unable to return due to apartheid laws that would not allow his Indian-citizen wife and children back into the country. |
| 26. He moved to the United States in 1987 with his wife Sunanda for a study at the University of Mississippi examining prejudices in India, the U.S., and South Africa. |
| 27. In 2008, he founded the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute that supported the work of AVANI in Kolhapur, India. |
