Early life Feroze Gandhi was born "Feroze Gandhy" [1][2][3] into a Parsi family [4] and was educated at the City Anglo-Vernacular High School and Ewing Christian College, followed by the London 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. Even before Kamala's death, Indira and Feroze had begun falling in love. There is some evidence (see Reference book) that Kamala herself opposed the match, and Nehru was also known to be personally averse to Feroze[5][6]. Indira and Feroze grew more close to each other in England. They married in 1942, after Feroze Khan altered his surname to adhere more closely to the leader of nationalistic sentiment of the time(Gandhi).[7]
Arrested and jailed during the Quit India Movement less than six months after their marriage, he was imprisoned for a year in Allahabad's Naini Central Prison. Indira was also imprisoned. In 1944, she gave birth to Rajiv Gandhi, a future Prime Minister. In 1946, Sanjay Gandhi, was born. Indira and Feroze settled in Allahabad with their two young children, and Feroze became editor of The National Herald, a newspaper founded by his father-in-law.
RE:THE CONGRESS CHANGED ''GANDHY'' TO GANDHI
by Dipak Bose on Oct 09, 2007 03:35 PM Permalink
False: Feroze Khan was born in a Muslim family, got involved with Indira, asked some Parsi company to send him its London office, where he used to work and meet Indira and got married. He never went to London School of Economics. However, because he was a Muslim, he has changed his name to Gandhi and remarried Indira according to Hindu custom.
