Mahatma Gandhi: Oil portrait of Indian independence leader sold for more than $200,000

A rare oil portrait of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has been sold at auction in London for £152,800 ($204,648).The figure is much higher than the £50,000-£70,000 that auction house Bonhams had estimated the work might fetch. It was painted in 1931 by British artist Clare Leighton when Gandhi visited London.Bonhams said the painting is thought to be the only oil portrait Gandhi sat for.He led a…