Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Tushar Arun Gandhi |
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| Famous For | Being the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi |
Physical Stats & More
| Height | 175 cm (1.75 m or 5’ 9”) |
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| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Salt & Pepper |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | Adarsh Vinay Mandir, Maharashtra |
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| College/University | Government Institute of Printing Technology, Mumbai |
| Educational Qualification | Diploma in printing |
| Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
Personal Life
| Date of Birth | 17/01/1960 |
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| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Married |
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| Marriage Date | 1985 |
Family
| Father | Arun Manilal Gandhi (author and socio-political activist; died on 2 May 2023) | ||||||||
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| Mother | Sunanda Gandhi (nurse, author, and researcher; died on 21 February 2007) | ||||||||
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| Spouse | Sonal Desai | ||||||||
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Career
| Designated as the president of the Lok Seva Trust in 1996. | |
| Founded the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in Vadodara, Gujarat, in 1998, and later relocated it to Mumbai. | |
| Made an appearance in the 2000 Tamil-Hindi period crime drama film 'Hey Ram.' | |
| Entered into an agreement with CMG Worldwide in 2001, later backed out due to public backlash. | |
| Led the 75th-anniversary re-enactment of the Dandi March in March 2005. | |
| Held the position of Goodwill Ambassador for the CISRI-ISP Intergovernmental Institution in 2007. | |
| Authored the non-fiction book 'Let’s Kill Gandhi!' in 2007, which became a bestseller. | |
| Served as the Chairman of the Australian Indian Rural Development Foundation (AIRDF) in 2008. | |
| Made an appearance in the 2009 Hindi semi-fictional film 'Road to Sangam.' | |
| Held the position of trustee at the Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi in 2014. | |
| Played a significant role in urging the Supreme Court of India to curb incidents of violence by cow-vigilante groups in 2018. | |
| Delivered a TEDx speech on 'How to Preserve Social Dignity' in October 2019. | |
| Held the position of director at the Gandhi Research Foundation in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, in 2019. | |
| Published 'Let’s Kill Gandhi!' in 2021. | |
| Introduced 'The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba,' in 2022. | |
| Joined Rahul Gandhi on his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in November 2022. | |
| Honoured with the Thampan Thomas Foundation Award in December 2022. | |
| Detained by the Mumbai Police on 9 August 2023 while commemorating the Quit India movement. |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| Tushar Gandhi is an Indian author with a notable lineage to Mahatma Gandhi. | |
| He grew up in Mumbai's Santacruz suburb and attended a local Gujarati medium school. | |
| In 1998, he established the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in Vadodara, Gujarat, before moving it to Mumbai. | |
| Tushar Gandhi made a film debut in the Tamil-Hindi movie 'Hey Ram' in 2000. | |
| He led the 75th-anniversary commemoration of the Dandi March in 2005. | |
| His non-fiction book 'Let’s Kill Gandhi!' was a bestselling publication in 2007. | |
| Tushar Gandhi played a crucial role in advocating for Supreme Court action against cow-vigilante group violence in 2018. | |
| The author republished 'Let’s Kill Gandhi!' in 2021 and introduced 'The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba' in 2022. | |
| He participated in Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in November 2022. | |
| Tushar Gandhi raised objections to Mahatma Gandhi's exclusion from India's digital currency at its RBI launch in December 2022. | |
| On 9 August 2023, he was detained by Mumbai Police during activities commemorating the Quit India movement. |
