Mahatma’s Childhood days
October 2, 2008 – 1:59 amOriginally grocers, the Gandhis were bania by caste. The youngest offspring of Karamchand Gandhi alias Kaba Gandhi, Mohandas belonged to families who for three generations from his grandfather had been Prime Ministers in several Kathiawar states.
Mohandas, the future MAHATAMA, was born on Oct 2,1869. When Mohan was seven years old his parents moved 120 miles East to Rajkot. Rajkot became the Gandhis’ second home though the family link with Porbander remained.
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