center for rural reconstruction experiments
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The center for rural reconstruction experiments at Sevagram Ashram was a Gandhian hub for testing and demonstrating practical methods of village upliftment, self-sufficiency, and social reform in rural India.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Gandhian institution
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research and demonstration center → rural development center → |
| activity |
demonstrating practical village development techniques
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testing methods of rural reconstruction → |
| approach |
action research in villages
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participatory rural development → |
| associatedWith |
Mahatma Gandhi
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| basedOn |
decentralized village economy
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non-violence → principles of self-reliance → |
| country |
India
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| emphasis |
community participation
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local resource utilization → simple living → |
| focusArea |
agriculture
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community organization → education → health and sanitation → rural economy → village industries → |
| function |
laboratory for Gandhian social experiments
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model center for rural reconstruction → training ground for rural workers → |
| goal |
empowerment of village communities
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improvement of rural livelihoods → reduction of rural poverty → |
| historicalContext |
Indian independence movement
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| ideology |
Gandhian philosophy
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Sarvodaya → Swaraj → |
| inspiredBy |
Gandhi's concept of village republics
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| locatedIn |
Sevagram Ashram
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| method |
experiments in community living
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experiments in cooperative work → experiments in small-scale village industries → |
| purpose |
rural self-sufficiency
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social reform in rural India → village upliftment → |
| relatedConcept |
Gram Swaraj
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constructive programme of Gandhi → |
| state |
Maharashtra
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Sevagram Ashram
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