Mahatma Gandhi was first referred to as father of nation by whom?

Answer 1

It is not very clear as to who first referred Ghandhiji as father of the nation, but while anouncing his death on 30th Januar 1948 - It was left to Nehru, now India's Prime Minister, to announce Gandhi's death on All-India radio: "Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, Bapu ["Father"] as we called him, the father of the nation, is no more."-

Answer 2

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, Hindi: मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी, IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhÄ«, IPA: [moːhənd̪aːs kərəmtʃənd̪ gaːnd̪ʱiː]) (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer[1] of Satyagraha — resistance through mass civil disobedience strongly founded upon ahimsa (non-violence) becoming one of the strongest philosophies of freedom struggles worldwide. Gandhi is commonly known and spoken of worldwide as Mahatma Gandhi (Hindi: महात्मा, məhatma ; from Sanskrit, mahātmā: Great Soul) and is fondly called Bapu (in Gujarati, Father).

Gandhi first employed his ideas of civil disobedience in the Indian struggle for civil rights in South Africa. Upon his return to India, Gandhi helped lead poor farmers and labourers to protest oppressive taxation and widespread discrimination.

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Answer 3

Father of the Nation is a term used in many Countries to describe their Leader who led them to independence. Mahathma Gandhi is called such in India by other leaders out of respect. We cannot point out a particular person for this.

Answer 4

Ravindranath Tagore

Answer 5

'Father of Nation' is a respect from the people who enjoyos the freedom and the usage is from the regular meetings of congress in the independent India in 1947. This is not referred by any particular person or not a decision made from a discussion.
The followers (here unbroken Congress) use to call and publish such respects to great people - like Abraham Lincoln, Chow-en-Lai, Martin Luter King, Mandela, and so on. And there is only one of it and unique. Please, don't try to give any credit to any person for giving such a position to such great people. It is like the question of 'who is the inventor of English Language?' or else.

Answer 6

Gandhiji was honoured by the title "The father of Nations" by Rabindranath Tagore.

Answer 7

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.

Answer 8

By Netaji

Answer 9

I have replied to the same question earlier if you search back you will get it

Answer 10

rabindranath tagore , he was the one who referred to him as bapu . for most of us who dont know it , watch lage raho munnabhai , hehehe