Image: Sevagram Ashram, Wardha. Wikimedia Commons.
Wardha became an important centre of Gandhi’s later work. At Sevagram, Gandhi and his associates developed a programme that connected the freedom movement with village development and social reform.
Why Gandhi moved to Wardha
Gandhi settled at Sevagram in 1936. He wanted to live close to rural communities and make village life a central part of his constructive programme.
Khadi and village industries
Spinning and khadi were promoted as ways of encouraging local production and giving rural communities productive work.
Basic education
The Wardha education scheme proposed learning through productive activity, with craft and practical work forming part of education.
Sanitation and social reform
Gandhi’s constructive programme included sanitation, campaigns against untouchability, women’s participation and communal harmony.
Why Sevagram matters
The ashram represents the side of Gandhi’s work that went beyond political protest: building institutions and social practices that he believed could support an independent India.
Read NewsNationOnline’s Sabarmati Ashram history and explore the Gandhi Heritage Portal.
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