Kaba Gandhi No Delo
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| Location | Rajkot, Gujarat, India |
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| Coordinates | 22°17′49″N 70°48′18″E / 22.297066667°N 70.804997222°E |
| Type | Museum |
| Collections | Photographs, objects, belongings of Mahatma Gandhi |
| Owner | Gandhi Smriti Trust |
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| Alternative names | Gandhi Smriti |
| General information | |
| Type | Haveli |
| Architectural style | Saurashtrian architrcture |
| Year(s) built | 1880-1881 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Floor area | 400 square yards (330 m2) |
Kaba Gandhi No Delo (lit. 'Kaba Gandhi's residence') is a house in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. It was Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's primary family home from 1881 to 1915. It is built in the traditional Saurashtrian architectural style and houses a permanent pictorial exhibition called Gandhi Smriti.
History
[edit]Mahatma Gandhi's father Karamchand Gandhi was popularly known as Kaba Gandhi and thus his home was known as Kaba Gandhi No Delo in Gujarati language, meaning 'Kaba Gandhi's residence'. Kaba Gandhi was a native of Porbandar and moved to Rajkot in 1874 when he was appointed Diwan (prime minister) of the Rajkot State. The family moved Rajkot two years later. The Rajkot State gave him 400 square yards (330 m2) of land in early 1880 where he constructed the house and the family moved in new house in 1881 from a rented house. Mahatma Gandhi was 12 years old when they moved here. He married Kasturba and had the birth of their elder sons, Harilal and Manilal, during his stay in the house from 1881 to 1887.[1][2][3][4] Kaba Gandhi died in 1885.[5] It was a primary family home until 1915, including during those years when Gandhi stayed in London and in South Africa. Later on, on return from South Africa in 1915, he established Kochrab Ashram in Ahmedabad.[6][7]
The Gandhi family sold the house in 1920. After independence of India, the Government of Saurashtra State bought it in 1948 from the owner then. It was handed over to the Gandhi Smriti Trust in 1969 on the birth centenary of Gandhi. Putliba Udyogmandir Trust, an NGO, conducted educational and sewing classes for few years from here before moving elsewhere. It houses a permanent exhibition now, called Gandhi Smriti.[1][2][8]
Architecture and features
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The haveli is built in the traditional Saurashtrian (Kathiawari) architectural style featuring an arched gateway leading to the courtyard surrounded by rooms.[2][3][9][4] The house is marked 8, Kadiya Navline. It is located on Lakhajiraj Road and off Gheekanta Road.[1][2]
The building has two floors.[5] It is painted in white and yellow. It is has a large gate compared to other gates and small shops in a neighbourhood. The house has nine rooms and a kitchen adjacent to the courtyard. There is a permanent pictorial exhibition in the house now which displays photographs, paintings, objects and the belongings of and related to Mahatma Gandhi.[1][2][9] There is a hand pump in the courtyard.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Know Your City: Gandhi's family house which witnessed his transformation from 'Mohan to Mahatma'". The Indian Express. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Kaba Gandhi No Delo". gujrattourism. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Masoodi, Ashwaq (2 October 2018). "Searching for Gandhi". Live Mint.
- ^ a b Guha, Ramachandra (9 November 2016). Gandhi before India. Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited. pp. 35–36. ISBN 978-93-5118-322-8.
- ^ a b Guha, Ramachandra (30 November 2018). Gandhi: Lawyer or Loyalist (Penguin Petit). Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-429-8. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Kaba Gandhi No Delo, Rajkot". Archived from the original on 12 December 2010.
- ^ On the Salt March: the historiography of Gandhi's march to Dandi by Thomas Weber. HarperCollins Publishers India, 1997. ISBN 978-81-7223-263-4.
- ^ Shyam Singh Shashi (1996). Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Volume 100. Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.
- ^ a b Joshua, Benny (17 June 2017). "Rajkot: A Laidback Gem". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2024.