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3. A PLACE IN GUJARAT CLOSELY
ASSOCIATED WITH GANDHIJI

SABARMATI ASHRAM

Sabarmati Ashram, near Ahmedabad, was the home of Mahatma

and Kasturba Gandhiji and a key center of India’s freedom

movement. From here, Gandhiji began the Dandi March. Today, it

stands as a historic site symbolizing India’s struggle for

independence.

KOCHRAB ASHRAM

Ahmedabad played a crucial role in Mahatma Gandhi’s life, as it was

here that he emerged as “Bapu” and began India’s freedom struggle

and his fight against untouchability. In 1915, he settled in Kochrab

village near Paldi, where he established the Satyagraha Ashram,

marking the beginning of his transformative work in the city
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