Gordhandas Mathuradas Gokani

Gordhandas Mathuradas Gokani

Born
4 August 1921, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Died
22 August 2003, Leicester, England
Partner
Shantokben Gordhandas Gokani (née Karia)
Children
Shantaben Gokaldas Amlani (née Gokani), Anil Gordhandas Gokani, Hiraben Dhirajlal Lakhani (née Gokani)

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Listen to stories about Gordhandas

Gordhandas arrived in Leicester in March 1968, six months before Shantokben and the youngest children. He spent those six months in a single rented room and a job at a hosiery factory, sending money back and finding a house.

Quiet at the dinner table. Funny at the corner shop. He never wrote anything down, which is why the audio recordings of Shantokben matter so much; we only have his voice through other people's memories.