How Mahatma Gandhi moved to Sevagram and transformed it...
Published in The Hitavada CityLine on 'Sunday Sundae' page on Sept 22, 2013 80 years ago, here came the Mahatma... In 1930, the Mahatma had addressed a huge gathering of people along the banks of Sabarmati river that he would not return to Sabarmati Ashram till India got ‘Swaraj’. In 1931, the second Round Table (Golmej) Conference with the British Government failed to yield positive results as far as Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of ‘Swaraj’ was concerned. During this period, the Mahatma was invited to Wardha (Maharashtra) and Bardoli (Gujarat). To awaken the masses and revamp rural economy, Mahatma Gandhi chose to move to Wardha. And, on September 23, 1933, he first came to Wardha. ‘The Hitavada’ revisits the story behind the Father of the Nation’s arrival at Wardha 80 years ago. By Kartik Lokhande “I have returned empty-handed but my hands are clean,” said Mahatma Gandhi while addressing a mammoth gathering at Mumbai on his return from the second Round Table C...