Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi | |
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Gandhi in 1960 | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1990-92 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1935 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) 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. In 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party. He contested from the East Delhi constituency and lost.