Author-journalist Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, dies at 89

Kolhapur: Arun Gandhi, the son of Sushila and Manilal Gandhi, and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, died on Tuesday morning, his son said.

He was 89 and is survived by son, Tushar, daughter Archana, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The last rites of Arun Gandhi - who referred to himself as a 'Peace Farmer' - will be held in Kolhapur today evening.

He penned books like 'Kasturba, The Forgotten Woman', 'Grandfather Gandhi', with Bethany Hegedus and illustrated by Evan Turk, 'The Gift of Anger: And other lessons from my grandfather Mahatma Gandhi', etc.