- Feroze Gandhi
Feroze Gandhi (
12 August 1912 -8 September 1960 ) was anIndia n politician and journalist. He was a member of India's firstparliament and the husband ofIndira Gandhi and father ofSanjay Gandhi and the former Indian Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi .Early life
Feroze was born into a Parsi(Zoroastrian)Family in Allahabad. [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2002/10/20/stories/2002102000110500.htm] Contrary to what most people believe, his family is not related to the family of
Mahatma Gandhi . He was educated at the City Anglo-Vernacular High School andEwing Christian College , followed by theLondon School of Economics . He abandoned his studies in 1930 to join the struggle for Indian independence.Feroze grew close to the Nehru family, especially Indira's mother
Kamala Nehru and Indira herself. Feroze helped nurse the ailing Kamala, and briefly traveled with Nehru, Kamala and Indira to Europe. Nehru and Kamala were not pleased with the match ["Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi" by Katherine Frank] [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011217&s=khilnani121701] . Indira and Feroze grew closer to each other while in England. They married in 1942.Arrested and jailed during the
Quit India Movement less than six months after their marriage, he was imprisoned for a year inAllahabad 'sNaini Central Prison . Indira was also imprisoned. In 1944, she gave birth toRajiv Gandhi , India's future Prime Minister. In 1946,Sanjay Gandhi , was born. Indira and Feroze settled inAllahabad with their two young children, and Feroze became editor of "The National Herald ", a newspaper founded by his father-in-law.Political career
Feroze Gandhi contested elections to the
Parliament of India in 1952 , independent India's first general elections from Rai Bareilly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. His wife served as his campaign organizer, and Gandhi won. But Feroze soon became a prominent force in his own right, criticizing the Government of his father-in-law and beginning a tirade against corruption. His exposure of a scandal involving major insurance companies and the Finance MinisterT.T. Krishnamachari caused the latter to resign, and caused Nehru a major embarrassment. Feroze began building his own reputation and small coterie of supporters and advisors, and continued challenging the government. He was re-elected in 1957.Death
Feroze suffered his first heart attack in 1958. Indira took him to recuperate in
Kashmir , where with their young boys, they were together again. However, Feroze died in 1960 of a second heart attack.ee also
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Nehru-Gandhi family
* [http://www.nehrufamily.com Nehru Gandhi Family Tree] ]References
External links
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2002/10/20/stories/2002102000110500.htm Article in
The Hindu ]
* [http://www.asiasource.org/society/indiragandhi.cfm Indira Gandhi]
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