Arun Manilal Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, died in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur on Tuesday following prolonged illness. He was 89.

According to his family, the funeral of the author and socio-political activist will be held at Kolhapur later today.

Born to Manilal Gandhi and Sushila Mashruwala in Durban on April 14, 1934, Arun Gandhi followed in the footsteps of his grandfather as an activist.