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Who called Gandhiji "Mahatma" for the first time?
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Rabindranath Tagore first called Mohandas Gandhi 'Mahatma' in 1915. The term means 'great soul' in Sanskrit. Tagore, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, bestowed this title recognizing Gandhi's spiritual and moral leadership. The name became permanently associated with Gandhi thereafter.