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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who inaugurated the Centenary Celebrations of Sabarmati Ashram?
A
Shri Arun Jaitley
B
Shri Narendra Modi
C
Shri Suresh menon
D
Shri Naveen Patnaik
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -History: The original ashram was founded in May 1915 at Jivanlal Desai’s Kochrab Bungalow (approximately 10 kilometers from here), who was a barrister associate of Gandhi, as Satyagraha Ashram.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sabarmati Ashram sits on the banks of Sabarmati River, between a prison and a crematorium, and was an important centre of Indian freedom struggle from 1917 to 1930. It was from here that Gandhiji launched the Dandi March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, on March 12, 1930.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Satyagraha Ashram was founded on May 25, 1915 in Ahmedabad at Kochrab, when Gandhi returned from South Africa, with 25 inmates. The Ashram was shifted on the bank of river Sabarmati on 17 June, 1917. Devoted ashramites led a community life in search of Truth and Non-violence under his guidance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gandhi set up Sabarmati ashram in Ahmedabad. He tried to understand the problems that workers, labourers, farmers, tribals and Dalits were facing in this country.

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