AHMEDABAD: Sabarmati Ashram will turn 100 on Saturday. On this day a century ago Mahatma Gandhi and other Ashramites shifted to the Satyagraha Ashram at Sabarmati from Kochrab. Interestingly, Bapu was in Motihari on June 17, 1917, where he was right in the midst of recording farmers testimonies in East Champaran. Bapu reached Ahmedabad on June 23, 1917 and wrote an article. "We have Rs 10,000 in cash in Ashram fund. Besides this, I have jewellery and other gifts worth Rs 20,000 given to me before I left for India. A friend again, has promised to buy and donate land and this should mean Rs 10,000. We have thus a total of Rs 40,000." On Saturday, on the occasion of the centenary celebrations, the newly refurbished 'My Life Is My Message' gallery will be re-dedicated to the public by former West Bengal governor and Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi. He will then dedicate a new Charkha Gallery at Magan Niwas. After a brief function, Gopalkrishna Gandhi will release two books, "Letters to Gandhi" and "Pioneers of Satyagraha" after which there will be a recital by Vidya Rao.

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Bapu's ashram turns 100 today - Times of India