Shanti Gandhi

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Shanti Gandhi (born 10 February 1940) is an Indian-born American cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon and was a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 52nd District from 2013 to 2015. He won a contested party primary and won again in the 2012 general election. Gandhi did not run in the 2014 primary and was succeeded after one term by fellow Republican Dick Jones. He arrived in the U.S. in 1967 as a medical graduate from University of Bombay. Shanti is the son of Kantilal Gandhi and Saraswati Gandhi, grandson of Harilal Gandhi and Gulab Gandhi, and a great-grandson of the Indian Independence movement leader Mahatma Gandhi. He retired as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon from Stormont–Vail Hospital at Topeka, Kansas in 2010. At his request, the news media did not mention his ancestry to Mahatma Gandhi during the 2012 campaign. Gandhi later said he was surprised the media honored his request. Gandhi said he simply wanted to be known as a heart surgeon...

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