In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi established Sabarmati Ashram in Kochrab.
On his return from South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi established India's first Ashram in the Kochrab area of Ahmedabad on May 25, 1915. On June 17, 1917, the Ashram was relocated to a plot of open land on the banks of the Sabarmati River. Reasons for this shift included: he wanted to do some experiments in living, such as farming, animal husbandry, cow breeding, Khadi, and related constructive activities, for which he was looking for this kind of barren land; mythologically, it was the ashram site of Dadhichi Rishi, who had donated his bones for a righteous war; and it is located between a jail and a crematorium because he believed that a satyagrahi must
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