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Gandhian Freedom Fighter G. G. Parikh Dies on Gandhi Jayanti

Tributes focus on a legacy of youth-led cooperatives driving rural enterprise.

Overview

  • Parikh died in Mumbai on October 2, 2025, with associates reporting the time around 5:45 a.m.
  • As per his wish, his mortal remains were donated to J. J. Hospital in Mumbai.
  • He founded the Yusuf Meherally Centre in the early 1960s, which now operates across more than a dozen states to build local sustainable industries.
  • A former student leader and trade-union organizer, he was jailed during the 1942 Quit India movement and again during the Emergency.
  • Reports differ on his age at death, with outlets citing 100 or 101, and biographies note his birth on December 30, 1924, in Gujarat.