Subhash Chandra Bose, a Freedom Fighter addressed Mahatma Gandhi as "Father of the Nation" for the 1st time. Mahatma Gandhiji is revered in India as the Father of the Nation. Much before the Constitution of Free India conferred the title of the Father of the Nation upon the Mahatma, it was Bose who first addressed him as such in his condolence message to the Mahatma on the demise of Kasturba Gandhi. Important PointsMahatma Gandhi:He was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar. He was a politician, lawyer, writer, and social activist. Real name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. His father's name was Karamchand Gandhi, who was the dewan of Porbandar in Gujarat and Putlibai Gandhi was the mother of Mahatma Gandhi. Kasturba Gandhi was known as the wife of Mahatma Gandhi. He introduced non-violence tactics called Satyagraha against the British. His first satyagraha was Champaran Satyagraha in 1917. He was known as the father of the Nation, because of his contributions to the Indian Independence MovementKhilafat movement, Non-cooperation movement, the Salt March, and quit India movement are the most popular movements of Mahatma Gandhi initiated during the fighting for freedom. Rabindranath Tagore called him MahatmaAutobiography: My experiments with the truth. He was assassinated on January 30, 1948.