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Rajmohan Gandhi was born on 7 August, 1935 in New Delhi, British India, is an Indian historian, biographer and academic (born 1935). Discover Rajmohan Gandhi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Occupation Biographer, journalist
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 7 August, 1935
Birthday 7 August
Birthplace New Delhi, British India
Nationality India

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Who Is Rajmohan Gandhi's Wife?

His wife is Usha Gandhi

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Parents Devdas Gandhi Lakshmi (Rajagopalachari) Gandhi
Wife Usha Gandhi
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Children 2

Rajmohan Gandhi Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Rajmohan Gandhi worth at the age of 88 years old? Rajmohan Gandhi’s income source is mostly from being a successful historian. He is from India. We have estimated Rajmohan Gandhi's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1857

His book, A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 & the American Civil War (New Delhi: Penguin India, December 2009), studies two 19th-century wars occurring in opposite parts of the world at almost the same time.

1935

Rajmohan Gandhi (born 7 August 1935) is an Indian biographer, historian, 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.

Rajmohan Gandhi was born 7 August 1935 in New Delhi, to Devdas and Lakshmi Gandhi.

His father was the managing editor of the Hindustan Times.

Rajmohan Gandhi attended St. Stephen's College.

His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari, second Governor General of India, after Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was one of the foremost associates of Mahatma Gandhi.

1956

Associated from 1956 with Initiatives of Change (formerly known as Moral Re-Armament), Rajmohan Gandhi has been engaged for half a century in efforts for trust-building, reconciliation and democracy and in battles against corruption and inequalities.

1960

In the 1960s and early 1970s, Gandhi played a leading role in establishing Asia Plateau, the conference centre of Initiatives of Change in Panchgani, in the mountains of western India.

Asia Plateau has been recognized in the Indian subcontinent for its ecological contribution.

1975

During the 1975–1977 Emergency in India, he was active for democratic rights personally and through his weekly journal, Himmat, published in Bombay from 1964 to 1981.

1985

From 1985 to 1987, he edited the daily Indian Express in Madras (now Chennai).

1989

In 1989, Gandhi unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha election from Janata Dal against Rajiv Gandhi in Amethi.

1990

He served (1990–92) in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian Parliament) and led the Indian delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva in 1990.

In the Indian Parliament he was the convener of the all-party joint committee of both houses addressing the condition of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

1997

he received the International Humanitarian Award (Human Rights) from the city of Champaign, Illinois, and in 1997, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of law from the University of Calgary, and an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Obirin University, Tokyo.

He currently serves as a Jury Member for the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award and co-chair of the Centre for Dialogue & Reconciliation in Gurgaon.

2002

In 2002, Gandhi received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Rajaji: A Life, a Biography of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1878–1972), about his maternal grandfather and a leading figure in India's independence movement, who became the first Indian Governor General, 1948–1950.

2004

His other works include Ghaffar Khan: Nonviolent Badshah of the Pakhtuns (Penguin 2004); Revenge & Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History (Penguin, 1999); Patel: A Life, a Biography of Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), Deputy Prime Minister of India, 1947-50 (Navajivan, Ahmedabad, 1990); and Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Muslim Encounter (SUNY, 1987).

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2007

His previous book, a biography of his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas: A True Story of a Man, His People and an Empire, received the Biennial Award from the Indian History Congress in 2007.

It has since been published in several countries.

2009

One of his earlier books, The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi, was published in 2009 in a Chinese translation in Beijing.

2013

Most recently, Gandhi has published a book titled, Punjab (Aleph Book Company 2013), which is a historical account of undivided Punjab, from the death of Aurangzeb to the Partition.

Before teaching at the University of Illinois, he served as a research professor with the New Delhi think-tank, Centre for Policy Research.

2014

On 21 February 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party.

He contested the 2014 general election from the East Delhi constituency and lost.

Rajmohan Gandhi is married to Usha.

They have two children, Supriya and Devadatta.

2019

In 2019 he was a contributor to A New Divan: A Lyrical Dialogue Between East and West (Gingko Library).