Question

who called Gandhi ji as mahatma

Answer 1

According to some authors Rabindranath Tagore is said to have used on March 6, 1915, this title for Gandhi. Some claim that he was called Mahatma by the residents of Gurukul Kangadi in April 1915, and he in turn called the founder Munshiram a Mahatma (who later became Swami Shraddhananda).

Answer 2

Swami Shraddhananda called Gandhi ji as mahatma.

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