Kanu Ramdas Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, is no more
Q. Who is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a former NASA scientist?- Published on 08 Nov 16a. Gopal Das Gandhi
b. Gopal Ramdas Gandhi
c. Kanu Ramdas Gandhi
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Kanu Ramdas Gandhi
Kanu Ramdas Gandhi, grandson of
Mahatma Gandhi and the former NASA scientist, breathed his last at a private hospital on
7th Nov, 2016.- 87 year old Kanubhai was survived by wife Shivalaxmi.
- He was famous as the boy who walked ahead of Gandhiji holding one end of his stick on the beaches of Gujarat’s Dandi village during the historic Salt Satyagraha of March-April 1930.
- Mahatma’s third son Ramdas Gandhi was his father.
- The grandson of Gandhiji had been staying at the Radha Krishna Temple run by Punjabi Samaj for the past three months.
- He was put on life support following a paralytic attack after he had survived a heart attack.
- He also suffered lung failure.
- A graduate of MIT, Kanubhai had worked with the US Defence Department on the wing structure of the fighter aircraft before deciding to spend his life in India.
