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AMN                                     Boy in photo is Kanu Gandhi..

Kanu Ramdas Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a former NASA scientist, passed away today at private hospital in Surat . Kanu was 87 and is survived by his wife Shivalaxmi.

Kanu was famous as the boy who walked ahead of Mahatma Gandhi holding one end of his stick on the beaches of Gujarat’s Dandi village during the historic Salt Satyagraha of March-April 1930.

Kanu was famous as the boy who walked ahead of Mahatma Gandhi holding one end of his stick on the beaches of Gujarat’s Dandi village during the historic Salt Satyagraha of March-April 1930.

On October 22, he suffered a heart attack and brain haemorrhage which left his body paralysed.

Sad to learn about the sad demise of Kanubhai Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma, my heartfelt condolences

Pained by the demise of Kanubhai Gandhi, the grandson of Gandhi Ji. Remembering my various interactions with him. May his soul rest in peace

Kanu Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi passes away. May his soul rest in peace.

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