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Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi was called as 'Mahatma' by

  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Motilal Nehru

  4. Rabindranath Tagore
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Explanation

Rabindranath Tagore was the first to call Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 'Mahatma' (Great Soul) in 1915. Tagore, the Nobel laureate poet, gave Gandhi this honorific name which became permanently associated with him. Neither Tilak nor the Nehrus (Motilal or Jawaharlal) gave him this title.

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