Dad has got a book of family records about which records our interesting history and lineage. You see we were not always Gandhis - we used to be Rathods for 41 generations. That possibly explains why Dad can bear all that pain - its the Kshatriya blood flowing through the veins. We used to be the chief accountants/store keepers for the kings in Patan. When Patan came under a Muslim ruler, my forefathers left their post and turned into shopkeepers and hence our surname "Gandhi". We have been Gandhis for the past 17 generations now and we moved to a place called Dhoraji in Gujarat.. Thanks to an illustrated family tree, I even know the names of all my forefathers for the past 17 generations. Here goes
Varun --> Prashant --> Mahesh --> Nandlal --> Abhechand --> Khetsi --> Mavji --> Jeram --> Karsanji--> Dungarbhai --> Ranchodd --> Mavji --> Ashkaran --> Seskaran --> Vasanji --> Vasabhai --> Jekaran.
Whew !! Its great to know that I can trace my family way back. If ever I feature on "Who do you think you are", I would need more than 1 episode to cover it all !!
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oh, that was wonderful.... i guess u got all these info's from the family tree u got in ur last trip... but m surprised about the rathod and the occupation.... where did u get that from???
Mittal,
This information comes from the booklet that they distributed at the big havan during Dussera. I will try and scan it for you sometime next week.
Cheers..
Prashant
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