Tushar Arun Gandhi (born 17 January 1960) is an Indian author and son of Arun Manilal Gandhi, thus great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. In March 2005, he led the 75th anniversary re-enactment of the Dandi March. His father was an author and his mother was a researcher. Tushar was raised in the Mumbai suburb of Santacruz. This perceived betrayal of Gandhian ideals was followed by a public outcry causing him to cancel the deal.

On January 30, 2003, as the 55th anniversary of his great-grandfather's assassination approaches. He and 150 other politicians have led a hunger strike in New Delhi because of Clone High's depiction of Gandhi caused a massive backlash.

In 2009, he did likewise in a semi-fictional movie, "Road to Sangam," based on an episode in his own life.

A non-fiction book by him, Let's Kill Gandhi, was published in 2007 and became for a few weeks a best seller in India. Tushar in his book Let’s Kill Gandhi, blamed Brahmins in general for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. Some critics claimed that the book defamed all Brahmins. Tushar has said he was misquoted and his claims relate only to "a certain group of Brahmins from Pune [who] were continuously attempting on the life of my great grandfather", rather than to Brahmins in general.

In 2008 he was appointed Chairman of the Australian Indian Rural Development Foundation (AIRDF).

He is trustee at Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi since 2014.

In 2018 he played a significant role in petitioning successfully the Supreme Court of India to direct the states and Union Territories to comply with its orders to curb cow-vigilante lynch mobs.

In 2019 he became a Director of the Gandhi Research Foundation in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra with Rahul Gandhi.

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  • Tushar Gandhi takes the plunge into politics
  • Tushar Gandhi prays at Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace
  • Being Mahatma’s descendants brings bouquets and brickbats
  • Tushar Gandhi on Twitter