Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away on May 2 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, after a brief illness, according to family sources.
His son Tushar Gandhi told sources that the 89-year-old author and social activist’s funeral will take place in Kolhapur later today.
Arun Gandhi, who was born to Manilal Gandhi and Sushila Mashruwala in Durban on April 14, 1934, carried on his grandfather’s activism.