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The word Mahatma, while often mistaken for Gandhi's given name in the West, is taken from the Sanskrit words maha (meaning Great) and atma (meaning Soul). [ 283 ] [ 284 ] He was publicly bestowed with the honorific title "Mahatma" in July 1914 at farewell meeting in Town Hall, Durban .
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The term is commonly used for Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is often referred to simply as "Mahatma Gandhi". Albeit less frequently, this epithet has also been used with regard to such people as Basava [ 1 ] (1131–1167), Swami Shraddhanand (1856–1926), Lalon Shah (1772–1890), Ayyankali (1863–1941), and Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890).
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi were both native Gujarati speakers [52] [53] but the former one advocated for the use of Urdu. Of the approximately 62 million speakers of Gujarati in 2022, roughly 60 million resided in India, 250,000 in Tanzania , 210,000 in Kenya, and some thousands in Pakistan.
Feroze Gandhi (1912–1960), husband of Indira Gandhi, real name Feroze Ghandy, Zoroastrian by religion; Indira Gandhi (1917–1984), daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and wife of Feroze Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984) Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991), son of Feroze & Indira Gandhi; former Prime Minister of India (1984 ...
The Gandhi family is the family of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi; Mahatma meaning "high souled" or "venerable" in Sanskrit; [1] the particular term 'Mahatma' was accorded Mohandas Gandhi for the first time while he was still in South Africa, and not commonly heard as titular for any other civil figure even of similarly ...
Conferred upon by his long-time mentor Mahatma Gandhi [32] after the Bardoli Satyagraha. Vallabhbhai Patel: Shaheed e Azam Bhagat Singh [33] [34] "Great martyr" (Urdu). "Shaheed" = "martyr" and "Azam" = "Principal". Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Hindustani for "the brave". Popularly used by followers; now a part of popular culture. Vinayak ...