Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist (1912 – 1960)
Feroze Gandhi
Gandhi before 1950
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 17 April 1952 – 4 April 1957
Preceded by
Constituency established
Succeeded by
Himself
Constituency
Rae Bareli[1] (previously Pratapgarh District (west)-Rae Bareli district)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 5 May 1957 – 8 September 1960
Succeeded by
Baij Nath Kureel
Constituency
Rae Bareli[2]
Preceded by
Himself
Personal details
Born
Feroze Jehangir Gandhy
(1912-09-12)12 September 1912 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died
8 September 1960(1960-09-08) (aged 47) New Delhi, India
Cause of death
Heart attack
Resting place
Parsi cemetery, Allahabad
Political party
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Indira Gandhi
(m. 1942)
Children
Rajiv Gandhi
Sanjay Gandhi
Relatives
See Nehru–Gandhi family
Alma mater
Ewing Christian College
Feroze Gandhi (born Feroze Gandhy; 12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960)[3] was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist.
Gandhi published the newspapers The National Herald and The Navjivan. He served as a member of the provincial parliament between 1950 and 1952, and later a member of the Lok Sabha, the Lower House of India's parliament.
Gandhi's wife, Indira Nehru (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India), and their elder son Rajiv Gandhi were both prime ministers of India.[4]
^"Biographical Sketch of First Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
^"Biographical Sketch of Second Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
^India. Ministry of External Affairs (1989). India Perspectives. PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs. p. 37. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^A forgotten patriot: Feroze Ghandy made a mark in politics at a comparatively young age..[usurped] The Hindu, 20 October 2002.
FerozeGandhi (born Feroze Gandhy; 12 September 1912 – 8 September 1960) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and journalist. Gandhi published the...
Nehru–Gandhi family, which has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India since a time before the country's independence in 1947. Feroze Varun...
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, sister of Rahul Gandhi, and granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, making her a member of the...
Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician and the younger son of Indira Gandhi and FerozeGandhi. He was a member of parliament...
between the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his son-in-law FerozeGandhi, and led to the resignation of India's then finance minister T. T. Krishnamachari...
nation'. Gandhi: "perfume seller," from Hindi gandh, "sandalwood" The Gandhi surname came into the separate Nehru-Gandhi family from FerozeGandhi, a politician...
FerozeGandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant is located at Unchahar in Raebareli district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is one of the...
FerozeGandhi College, is a college in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, established on 8 August 1960 by then local Member of Parliament FerozeGandhi. It is associated...
Mishra actively worked with FerozeGandhi from 1951 to 1960. During the 1st 1951 Indian general election; FerozeGandhi contested and won the Raebareli...
was conferred posthumously on Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi was born in Bombay (Mumbai) on 20 August 1944 to Indira and FerozeGandhi. In 1951, Rajiv and his younger...
the decision following an amendment to the constitution. Winner 1/2 FerozeGandhi (INC) : 162,595 votes - - - defeated Nand Kishore (IND) : 133,342 AND...
in Britain, Nehru frequently met her future husband FerozeGandhi (no relation to Mahatma Gandhi), whom she knew from Allahabad, and who was studying...
in the value of obtaining life insurance. In 1956, parliamentarian FerozeGandhi raised the matter of insurance fraud via owners of private insurance...
(AIIMS) FerozeGandhi College FerozeGandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology (FGIET) FerozeGandhi Institute of Professional Studies FerozeGandhi Polytechnic...
deeply rooted in Indian political history. His paternal grandfather, FerozeGandhi, hailed from Gujarat and was of Parsi descent. Furthermore, he is the...
communist and Maoist leader Feroze Jehangir Ghandy, also known as FerozeGandhi (1912-1960), Indian politician and journalist. Gandhi (surname) Gandy (surname)...
the author FerozeGandhi: A Political Biography, the only known work about the life of the politician-journalist husband of Indira Gandhi. He has been...
setup." In 1980, Gandhi gave birth to a son, Feroze, named after his paternal grandfather. Her mother-in-law added the name Varun. Gandhi was just twenty-three...
with cancer, and died of the disease while seeking treatment at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences on 20 August 2019. Winters, Bryce...
daughter Indira Gandhi served as a hostess during his tenure. FerozeGandhi, husband of Indira Gandhi, died in 1960. Her son, Sanjay Gandhi, served as host...
Ramagundam. In 1989, it started a consultancy division. In 1992, it acquired FerozeGandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan...
Singh. Some of his work include the establishment of the well known FerozeGandhi Thermal Power Station of the National Thermal Power Corporation, which...
CPI MPs, FerozeGandhi spoke up for him". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023. Gandhi, Feroze; Gopalan...
Sonia Gandhi from Raebareli (Lok Sabha constituency) and lost by more than 1,67,000 votes. "BJP Fields Ex-Congress Leader Against Sonia Gandhi In Rae...
Malerkotla Feroze Khan, misnomer of FerozeGandhi, Indian independence activist, politician and husband of future Indian prime minister Indira GandhiFeroze Ali...
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