1677: gandhi Jul 18, 2019

As discussed in the previous post, sometimes names of historical figures are changed, but not always by them. This is true of Genghis Khan, and also of Gandhi. His name changed less, since he was really born Gandhi, but his honorific changed. Mohandas Gandhi is often known as 'Mahatma' Gandhi, but this is an honorific given to him later, and even though it is from Sanskrit (meaning 'venerable'), it was not given to him in India, but in South Africa. In India, the honorific he received and reportedly prefered was 'Bapu' ('father').