<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> maharashtra.gov.in </Td> </Tr> <P> Sevagram (meaning "A village for / of service") is the name of a village in the state of Maharashtra, India . It was the place of Mohandas Gandhi's (Gandhiji's) ashram and his residence from 1936 to his death in 1948 . </P> <P> Sevagram is a small village, located about 8 km from Wardha . Mahatma Gandhi set up his ashram in the outskirts of the village when barely 1,000 people lived there . Seth Jamnalal Bajaj of Wardha, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, made available to the ashram about 300 acres (1.2 km) of land . Near the ashram there is a museum where artifacts of India's freedom struggle are preserved . </P> <P> When Gandhi started his padayatra (foot march) in 1930 from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi for the Salt Satyagraha, he decided not to return to Sabarmati till India achieved independence . Gandhi was imprisoned for more than two years . On his release he spent sometime travelling around India . He decided to make a village in Central India his headquarters . He came to Wardha in 1934, at the invitation of his follower and industrialist, Jamnalal Bajaj and stayed in one of the rooms at Jamnalal's bungalow (Bajajwadi) at Wardha and in the Prarthana mandir of Mahila Ashram for sometime . </P>

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