Famous People with Name Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi: was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and to date only female Prime Minister.In the 1950s, she served her father unofficially as a personal assistant during his tenure as India's first Prime Minister. After her father's death in 1964, she was appointed as a member of the Rajya Sabha by the President of India and became a member of Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

Sonia Gandhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sonia Gandhi: is an Indian politician, the President of the Indian National Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. She is the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha, and the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party. She was named the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in the year 2004[2] and currently ranks 6th

Kastürba Gandhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kastürba Gandhi: affectionately called Ba, was the wife of Mohandas Gandhi.Kasturba joined her husband in political protests. She traveled to South Africa in 1897 to be with her husband. From 1904 to 1914, she was active in the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. During the 1

Feroze Gandhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Feroze Gandhi: was an Indian politician and journalist. He was a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of India's parliament. In 1942 he married Indira Nehru and they had two sons Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi.Feroze Gandhi contested elections to the Parliament of India in 1952 , independent India's first general elections from Rai Bareilly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Indira came down from Delhi and worked as his campaign organizer, and he won. Feroze soon became a prominent force in his own right, criticizing the Government of his father-in-law and beginning a tirade against corruption.

Maneka Gandhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Maneka Gandhi: an Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, former journalist and the widow of influential Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare. Maneka Gandhi is an estranged member of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.