Gandhi was born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -- he wasn't known as the title Mahatma, which translates to "Great Soul," until 1914. He was a lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer.

Mahatma Gandhi is led down a road by his grandson, Kanubhai Gandhi, during the former's iconic Salt Satyagraha protest against British colonial taxation in Mumbai, in 1930.

Even the Mahatma must keep up with the times. Fifteen years after it last received a grant of Rs 92 lakh from the state government, Mani Bhavan, Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial on Laburnum Road in ...