Context:
The Prime Minister inaugurated the redeveloped Kochrab ashram
Kochrab Ashram:
- Location – Kochrab village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Founded by – Mahatma Gandhi in 1915
- Gandhi received it from his fellow lawyer and colleague, Jeevanlal Desai.
- Significance – 1st ashram built by Gandhi following his return to India from South Africa
- Also called – Satyagraha Ashram
- Architecture – Colonial-style building with a white-washed facade.
- Redeveloped under – Gandhi Ashram Memorial and Precinct Development project
Other Ashrams associated with Gandhi:
- Sabarmati Ashram –
- On the banks of – Sabarmati river, Gujarat
- Significance – Gandhi started his historic Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram
- Sevagram Ashram, Maharashtra
- Phoenix Farm, South Africa –
- Gandhi’s 1st Ashram in South Africa (1904)
- Tolstoy Farm, South Africa
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
Which one of the following is a very significant aspect of the Champaran Satyagraha?
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2018 Prelims]
(a) Active all-India participation of lawyers, students and women in the National Movement
(b) Active involvement of Dalit and Tribal communities of India in the National Movement
(c) Joining of peasant unrest to India’s National Movement
(d) Drastic decrease in the cultivation of plantation crops and commercial crops
Answer: (c)
