Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai
The first ashram that Gandhi set up in India was housed at the bungalow of Jivanlal Desai, who was a barrister by profession and a friend of Gandhi.
This ashram was built at Kochrab, near Paldi, a modest village near Ahmedabad, on 25th May, in 1915. There were twenty five inmates at the ashram.
However, as Kochrab became infested with plague after two years, Gandhi had to relocate his ashram.
This time, the bank of Sabarmati River was selected as the new site for the ashram. testimony to rise of the Mahatma as the voice of the masses and as the leader of the nation.
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