Why Gandhi ??

While paying at the juice counter yesterday, I suddenly asked my friend, "Why do we have Gandhiji's picture on our currency notes?"

The possible answer that I expect from the majority is that he is the Father of our nation.

He didn't believe in industrialization, market or economy. Then, why his photo on the currency notes? If that's the reason then, instead of respecting him, I think we are doing the opposite. We are using his picture on that paper, to which he didn't give much importance. Haven't we forcefully placed him there?

Many of us revere Gandhiji . I too have used "ji" just for the reason that I have been taught to do so since childhood, what not made any other freedom fighter deserve a "ji"?  Anyways, not delving into this particular intricacy of our respect for him, I feel that many of us have placed him too high on the honor scale without knowing much about him. This is simply because from the day we are born, we are conditioned to look at him as a Mahatma.

I feel, we were never told the full story about him.