good people/soul like baba amte, mahatma gandhi, sardar vallabhair patel, subhash chandra bose, mother teresa, they had one thing in common. they made a goal not to earn a title of mahatma or bharat ratna, but to do something for the country, mankind. it is us who gave all these good ppl a title. they do not care about it. they get a good title from god, and even then they are not egoistic.
if they have to come back on this earth, they will do the same without any ego, or craze for recognition, because that is short lived. it is the best wishes from the inner core of heart of ppl which makes them happy besides helping them in need or pain.