<P> 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 ) . However , a document honoring him with the title `` Mahatma '' on Jan 21 , 1915 , in Jetpur , Gujarat , by Nautamlal Bhagvanji Mehta is preserved at the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi , India . This document remains the earliest record of the title `` Mahatma '' being bestowed upon Gandhi . The use of the term Mahatma in Jainism to denote a class of lay priests , has been noted since the 17th century . A Mahatma is someone who practices Trikaranasuddhi . </P>
<P> 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 ) . However , a document honoring him with the title `` Mahatma '' on Jan 21 , 1915 , in Jetpur , Gujarat , by Nautamlal Bhagvanji Mehta is preserved at the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi , India . This document remains the earliest record of the title `` Mahatma '' being bestowed upon Gandhi . The use of the term Mahatma in Jainism to denote a class of lay priests , has been noted since the 17th century . A Mahatma is someone who practices Trikaranasuddhi . </P>
who conferred mahatma gandhi with the title mahatma
who conferred mahatma gandhi with the title mahatma
Nautamlal Bhagvanji Mehta
Nautamlal Bhagvanji Mehta