Mahatma Gandhi is not official 'Father of the Nation'

Mahatma Gandhi is not official 'Father of the Nation'

Mahatma Gandhi cannot be accorded the 'Father of the Nation' title by government as the Constitution does not permit any titles except educational and military ones, the home ministry has said.
In an RTI response to Lucknow-based student Aishwarya Parashar, the home ministry has told her that no action was taken on her plea to the President to declare Mahatma Gandhi as the 'Father of the Nation' because Article 18 (1) of the Constitution does not permit any titles except education and military ones