Mahatma Gandhi: Leading the leaders 8 Photos . Updated: 13 Oct 2015, 02:42 AM IST Livemint Bapu to most, the Mahatma to some, and an irritant to the British, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the architect of India's freedom struggle. On his 147th birth anniversary, here are some rare pictures of him with some of India's greatest leaders 1/8Mahatma Gandhi was a stickler for cleanliness and worked hard to create its awareness in India. His zeal is the inspiration for the Swachh Bharat Mission. He had said, “Everyone must be his own scavenger”, urging people to take cleanliness of public places as seriously as personal hygiene. Hulton Archive 2/8Gandhi with Jawaharlal Nehru at the All India Congress Committee meeting in Bombay during the Quit India movement of 1942. HT 3/8Gandhi, Abdul Kalam Azad and Acharya Kripalani during the quit India movement in 1942. HT 4/8Mahatma Gandhi with Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (extreme left). HT 5/8Gandhi speaks with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, president of the Indian National Congress, on 2 March 1938 in Haripura, Gujarat, during a political meeting. AFP 6/8Gandhi with Sarojini Naidu, an Indian independence activist HT 7/8Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi leaves the home of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the Muslim League, en route to the Viceroy’s Lodge in Delhi, 24 November 1939. Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 8/8Mahatma Gandhi with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. HT