Sevagram

E39954

village

Sevagram is a village in Maharashtra, India, best known as Mahatma Gandhi’s residence and the site of his Sevagram Ashram during the Indian independence movement.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	village →
ashramEstablishedFor	experiments in simple living and self-sufficiency →
ashramFoundedBy	Mahatma Gandhi →
associatedWithMovement	Indian independence movement →
associatedWithPerson	Mahatma Gandhi →
climateType	tropical savanna climate →
commonlySpokenLanguage	English → Hindi →
country	India →
distanceToNagpur	approximately 75–80 km →
distanceToWardha	approximately 8 km →
district	Wardha district →
economicActivity	agriculture → education-related services →
formerName	Shegaon (local village name before Gandhi’s arrival) →
governingBody	Gram panchayat →
hasAshram	Sevagram Ashram →
hasEducationalInstitution	Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences →
hasHeritageSite	Sevagram Ashram →
hasRailwayStation	Sevagram railway station →
heritageStatus	important Gandhian heritage site in India →
historicalSignificance	served as Mahatma Gandhi’s residence → served as a center for India’s freedom struggle activities →
knownFor	Sevagram Ashram → association with Mahatma Gandhi → role in Indian independence movement →
locatedIn	Vidarbha region →
locatedInSubcontinent	Indian subcontinent →
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time →
locatedNear	Wardha →
locatedNearHighway	National Highway 361 NERFINISHED →
monsoonCharacteristic	seasonal monsoon rains →
namedBy	Mahatma Gandhi →
nearestAirport	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur →
nearestCity	Wardha →
officialLanguage	Marathi →
postalCode	442102 →
railwayStationOnLine	Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line →
regionType	rural area →
religionMajority	Hinduism →
religiousSiteType	Gandhian ashram →
state	Maharashtra →
summerTemperatureCharacteristic	hot summers →
tourismType	heritage tourism →
UTCOffset	+05:30 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	MH-32 →
winterTemperatureCharacteristic	mild winters →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Wardha district →	contains
Sevagram Ashram →	locatedIn
Sevagram Ashram →	namedAfter