New Delhi: Manilal Gandhi was the second of the four sons of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi. Manilal was born on October 28, 1892. However, there is very little discussion about Bapu's sons, so people do not know much about them. One such story is about Manilal Gandhi's love affair, which his father i.e. Gandhiji did not allow for turning into a marriage.  

In fact, Manilal fell in love with Fatima, the daughter of Yusuf Gul, a trusted associate of Gandhiji in South Africa. They had been together since childhood. used to spend a lot of time together, so with time both of them came closer. Manilal was confident that he would marry Timmy (Fatima). However, he gradually began to feel that there were many obstacles in it. Mother Kasturba was strongly opposed to marriage in another religion. Religion! She was not in favour of marriage even in another caste. She could not tolerate that her daughter-in-law belonged to another religion and caste.

Manilal also came to India with Gandhiji in 1915, but returned to South Africa in 1917, so that phoenix could see the work of the ashram. Perhaps this was also one of the reasons why he could not tolerate Fatima's separation. His love affair with Fatima began in 1914 and lasted until 1926. In 1926, Manilal sent a message to his father through his younger brother Ramdas that he wanted to marry Timmy. However, the letter sent by the father in response was nothing short of a blast.  

Gandhiji wrote in his letter that he is writing this letter to Mani as a friend. He wrote, 'If you are a Hindu and you marry Fatima and even after that she remains a Muslim, then it will be like two swords in the same sheath. Then you will lose your faith. Just think that the children who will be born will be under the influence of which religion and faith.' Gandhiji said that this would not be religion but iniquity, even if Fatima wanted to change her religion just to get married, it would not be correct. Faith is not a cloth so you change it like a cloth.

He wrote in his letter that, if anyone does this, he will be ostracised from religion and home. That's not right at all. It is also beneficial for society to build this relationship. It will not have a good impact on Hindus and Muslims. After having an inter-religious marriage, you will neither be able to serve the country nor will you be able to take out the Indian Opinion Weekly by staying in phoenix ashram. It will be difficult for you to come to India. I can't even tell Ba about this, she refused to allow it.'

The result was that Mani was very disappointed. He understood that he was not going to get permission from his father. He refused to marry Fatima. But Mani could not forgive Gandhi for the rest of his life for this behaviour. After writing a letter to Manilal, Gandhiji spoke to his trusted colleague Jamnalal Bajaj in this regard. Soon after, he was married to Sushila, the 19-year-old daughter of a prosperous Gujarati Baniya trader living in Akola, Maharashtra. But Manilal had his father's words about Fatima in mind till the last moment.  

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