Devdas Gandhi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Devdas Gandhi

Indian activist

Date of Birth: 22-May-1900

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Death: 03-Aug-1957

Profession: journalist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Devdas Mohandas Gandhi (22 May 1900 – 3 August 1957) was the fourth and youngest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
He was born in South Africa and returned to India with his parents as a young man.
He became active in his father's movement, spending many terms in jail.
He also became a prominent journalist, serving as editor of Hindustan Times. Devdas fell in love with Lakshmi, the daughter of C.
Rajagopalachari, Devdas's father's associate in the Indian independence struggle.
Due to Lakshmi's age at that time, she was only 15 and Devdas was 28 years, both Devdas's father and Rajaji asked the couple to wait for five years without seeing each other.
After five years had passed, they were married with their fathers' permissions in 1933.
Devdas and Lakshmi had four children, Rajmohan Gandhi, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Ramchandra Gandhi and Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee (born 24 April 1934, New Delhi).