Bapu Nadkarni
...that the Indian cricketer Bapu Nadkarni got the nickname Bapu—literally, father, and Mahatma Gandhi's sobriquet—for the curious reason that he used to wear loincloths (langotis) instead of modern underwear?
...that the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Indian_cricket_team" id="mwAqo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indian cricket team">Indian</a> <a href="./Cricket" id="mwAqs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cricket">cricketer</a> <b id="mwAqw"><a href="./Bapu_Nadkarni" id="mwAq0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bapu Nadkarni">Bapu Nadkarni</a></b> got the nickname <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Bapu" id="mwAq4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bapu">Bapu</a><span id="mwAq8" typeof="mw:Entity">—</span>literally, <i id="mwArA">father</i>, and <a href="./Mahatma_Gandhi" id="mwArE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>'s <a href="./Sobriquet" id="mwArI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sobriquet">sobriquet</a><span id="mwArM" typeof="mw:Entity">—</span>for the curious reason that he used to wear <a href="./Loincloth" id="mwArQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Loincloth">loincloths</a> (<i id="mwArU">langotis</i>) instead of modern <a href="./Underwear" id="mwArY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Underwear">underwear</a>?