Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 4 April 1956) was the second son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi and was active in his father's movement. Manilal was born in India and worked for almost five decades, from 1917 onwards, as the editor of the Gujarati-English weekly publication, Indian Opinion, at Phoenix, Durban. Like his father, Manilal was also sent to jail several times by the British colonial government after protesting against unjust laws.

In 1927, Manilal married Sushila Mashruwala, and had two daughters, Sita (1928) and Ela (1940), and one son, Arun (1934). Arun and Ela are also social-political activists.

Manilal died from a cerebral thrombosis following a stroke.

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• Interview of Ela Gandhi
• The African Activist Archive Projectwebsite has an Interview with Manilal Gandhi conducted in South Africa in September 1954 by George M. Houser. At the time he was editor of newspaper Indian Opinion and ran the Phoenix Settlement, both established by his father. There is also a 1947 photograph of Manilal Gandhi at the Community Church of New York, a September 1954 photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Manilal Gandhi at Phoenix Settlementand a 1954 photograph of Chief Albert Luthuli and Manilal Gandhi. Four issues of the newsletter Bulletin: Americans for South African Resistance has information about him: September 1952 issue, the January 14, 1953 issue, the February 27, 1953 issue,and the March 1, 1954 issue.

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