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Rabindranath Tagore, a Nobel laureate, bestowed the term "Mahatma" on Mr. Gandhi, a politician, social activist, and lawyer whose beliefs and battles helped India gain independence in 1947.
The portrait of Gandhi visible on banknotes isn't a caricature. It's cut-out of a photograph taken in 1946, where he is standing with British politician Lord Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence.