South African struggle icon and husband of Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter, Mewa Ramgobin, has died at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness. Ramgobin, the former President of the Natal Indian Congress which fought discrimination against Indians in South Africa, breathed his last at Cape Town hospital on Monday. Ramgobin was married to Ela Gandhi, a human rights activist and Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter.<br/><br/>A former African National Congress member of Parliament until 2009, he was among the first supporters of the Release Mandela campaign. He was charged for treason in 1985. Ramgobin's commitment to the Gandhian cause saw him establish a Gandhi museum and library, organising the Annual Gandhi Lecture and educate people from different race groups on Gandhian philosophies.