Ramchandra Gandhi

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Ramchandra Gandhi (June 9, 1937 – June 13, 2007) was an Indian philosopher, a student of Peter Strawson. He was son of Devdas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi's youngest son) and Lakshmi (daughter of Rajaji) and also brother of Rajmohan Gandhi, Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee.

Ramchandra Gandhi obtained his doctoral degree in philosophy from Oxford[1] and founded the philosophy department of the University of Hyderabad. He also taught at Visva-Bharati University, Panjab University, California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, CA, and finally Bangalore University until dying in the India International Centre on 13 June 2007.[2]

His daughter, Leela Gandhi, is a noted postcolonial academic at Brown University.

References

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  2. Ramachandra Gandhi: the quintessential argumentative Indian | Ashish Mehta | Indiainteracts.com


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