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Who gave the title 'Mahatma' to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Subhas Chandra Bose
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: (A) Rabindranath Tagore šŸ“š Explanation: Rabindranath Tagore is credited with giving the title 'Mahatma' (Great Soul) to Gandhi in 1915 after his return to India from South Africa. Gandhi, in turn, gave Tagore the title 'Gurudev'. Interestingly, it was Subhas Chandra Bose who first called Gandhi the 'Father of the Nation' in a radio address from Singapore in 1944.