Mumbai: Dr G G Parikh, a veteran of India's freedom struggle who donned different roles as a student leader, social worker, khadi revivalist, and a medical doctor in his long and rich life, passed away in Mumbai on Gandhi Jayanti day at the age of 100.

About Dr G G Parikh

One of the last of the Gandhians who worked with the Mahatma, Parikh was a student at St Xavier's College during the 1942 'Quit India's movement.

Influenced by Gandhi's ideas, Parikh embraced the Mahatma's philosophies in every facet of his life, embracing the principle of non-violence, allowing himself to be arrested in 1942, establishing a centre in the city in 1946 to promote khadi and village industries, promoting the cooperative movement, and remaining a staunch advocate of socialist and secular politics.

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