Rabindranath Tagore was the first to call Gandhi 'Mahatma'.
'Young India' was the first newspaper venture started by Gandhi. 'Navjivan' was its Gujarati edition.
'The Story Of My Experiments With Truth' is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi.
Subhas Chandra Bose was the first to praise Gandhi as the 'Father of the Nation'.
Gandhi had visited Kerala five times. His first visit to the state was to participate in the Khilafat Movement on 18 August, 1920.
Marking the 100th birthday of Gandhi, National Service Scheme (NSS) was launched in 1969 to encourage social service by children.
Mahatma Gandhi lived in independent India for only 169 days. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse.
Over 100 countries have honoured Gandhi for his contribution to humankind by releasing stamps. United Nations also released a stamp in 2009.