Nautamlal Bhagavanji Mehta (Aged 89), also known as the Nagar Sheth of Jetpur, was born on September 2nd, 1879. He was an Indian independence activist and a supporter of Mahatma Gandhi. Mehta was also a prominent businessman and a pioneer of the Gandhian Movement in Gujarat. Contrary to popular belief, he is believed to be the first person to bestow the title “Mahatma” on Gandhi, not Rabindranath Tagore.
Mehta wrote a manpatra using the term, which has been authenticated by the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi. However, there is a genuine claim that the Peethadhipati of the Bhuvaneshwari Peeth in Gondal (also called the Gondal Peeth) in Gujarat was the first person to bestow the title of Mahatma on the late Shri Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi soon after he returned to India from South Africa. Mehta passed away on September 2nd, 1968. He passed away by 2 September 1968.
Nautamlal Bhagavanji Mehta
(1879 – 1968) – (Gujarart)
Nautamlal Bhagavanji Mehta (Aged 89), also known as the Nagar Sheth of Jetpur, was born on September 2nd, 1879. He was an Indian independence activist and a supporter of Mahatma Gandhi. Mehta was also a prominent businessman and a pioneer of the Gandhian Movement in Gujarat. Contrary to popular belief, he is believed to be the first person to bestow the title “Mahatma” on Gandhi, not Rabindranath Tagore.
Mehta wrote a manpatra using the term, which has been authenticated by the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi. However, there is a genuine claim that the Peethadhipati of the Bhuvaneshwari Peeth in Gondal (also called the Gondal Peeth) in Gujarat was the first person to bestow the title of Mahatma on the late Shri Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi soon after he returned to India from South Africa. Mehta passed away on September 2nd, 1968. He passed away by 2 September 1968.
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