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	Gandhi Tourist Places : Sabarmati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sabarmati Ashram formerly known as Satyagraha Ashram, was witness to many historical events that shook up the British Empire.
		Set up in 1915, the Ashram was also a perfect example of a model community based on rules and values.
		It is situated about 5 km from the center of Ahmedabad, (Gujarat State), on the west bank of Sabarmati river.
	www.mkgandhi.org /gandhiyatra/sabarmati.htm (241 words)

	Sabarmati River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sabarmati is a river in Western India.
		The Sabarmati originates in the Aravalli Range of Udaipur district of Rajasthan.
		The legend is that Sultan Ahmed Shah of Gujarat, resting on the bank of Sabarmati, got inspired with the courage of a rabbit to chase a bully dog to establish Ahmedabad in 1411.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sabarmati_River (151 words)

	PIB Press Releases
		Sabarmati Ashram built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, became the nerve centre of the Indian freedom struggle.
		Out of the four ashrams Sabarmati Ashram continues to be the best preserved with maximum of his remembrances in different forms as it happens to be the place of his longest stay in the country during his life time.
		Sabarmati ashram has, after the martyrdom of the Mahatma, become the first and foremost historical place associated with his pioneering activities in the country during the freedom struggle.
	pib.nic.in /feature/feyr2002/fsep2002/f270920022.html (1130 words)

	Sabarmati River in Gujarat
		The Sabarmati, one of the biggest rivers of north Gujarat, originates from the Dhebar lake in Rajasthan and flows towards the Gulf of Cambay.
		The three "virgin" rivers of the north and the Sabarmati with its tributaries are the daughters of the Aravalli ranges, while the Mahi and the Narmada with their families originate from Madhya Pradesh, the former in the big lake near Amzara and the latter in the Amarkantak.
		Sabarmati River Basin is situated in the mid-southern part of Rajasthan, between latitudes 23°25' and 24°55' and longitudes 73°00' and 73°48'.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /gujarat/rivers (304 words)

	Sabarmati Ashram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sabarmati Ashram was established by Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat in India.
		Sabarmati Ashram, also known as Gandhi Ashram, is located on the Western banks of Sabarmati River, in Northern Ahmedabad.
		In 1917 it was shifted to the banks of Sabarmati river.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sabarmati_Ashram (181 words)

	Sabarmati Basin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sabarmati River Basin is situated in the mid-southern part of Rajasthan, between latitudes 23o25' and 24o55' and longitudes 73o00' and 73o48'.
		To its east lie the Banas and Mahi Basins, to its north the Luni Basin and to its west the West Banas Basin.
		The main tributaries of the Sabarmati river are Wakal river and the Sei Nadi, which also rise in the Aravali hill range west of Udaipur city and flow south-westwards in courses generally parallel to the Sabarmati river, up to their confluence with the river (in Gujarat).
	www.rajirrigation.gov.in /3bsabarmati.htm (369 words)

	Gandhi Museum & Ashrams : Sabarmati Ashram
		Sabarmati Ashram, formerly known as 'Satyagraha Ashram", situated in Ahmedabad at the Kocharab Bungalow of Jivanlal Desai, a barrister.
		Later on it was shifted to the banks of Sabarmati river and then it came to be known as 'Sabarmati Ashram'.
		The Ashram was shifted on the bank of river Sabarmati in July 1917.
	www.mkgandhi.org /museum/Sabarmati.htm (432 words)

	Sabarmati Ashram Information
		Sabarmati Ashram (Hindi: साबर्मति आश्रम)was established by Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat in India.
		Sabarmati Ashram, also known as Gandhi Ashram, is located on the Western banks of Sabarmati River, in Northern Ahmedabad.
		In 1917 it was shifted to the banks of Sabarmati river.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Sabarmati_Ashram (166 words)

	Sabarmati Exp accident, Train Accident in India, Many Feared Dead, Train Accident
		The Sabarmati Express would not have met with the fatal accident had the signal maintainer or the pointsman at 'B' cabin informed the station superintendent at Samlaya that the automatic signalling system had failed.
		In circumstances where the automatic signalling system fails, the driver is asked to slow the train to a minimum speed and the signal maintainer clears the train from that malfunctioning zone by walking in front of the engine with a green flag, a procedure which was not followed, say railway officials.
		The Sabarmati was expected on the main track but it came on the loop track, the result of which was the fatal accident.
	www.mapsofindia.com /maps/mapinnews/2005/sabarmati-exp-accident.html (818 words)

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		The image of a frail man bending to pick up a fistful of salt in defiance of the Empire is deeply embedded not just in the psyche of the Indian people but among the populace of the world.
		It is a sparse structure on the river Sabarmati, the shady trees here are populated by thousands of parakeets, sunbirds and squirrels.
		The Sabarmati Ashram replaced Gandhi’s earlier residence at Paldi, which was a bungalow that belonged to a lawyer friend.
	www.indiaprofile.com /destinations/sabarmati.htm (858 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Sabarmati Express rams goods train, 18 die, 114 injured
		This wrongly put the Sabarmati Express on track four on which the goods train was standing.
		The driver of the Sabarmati Express, Rai Singh, and his assistant, Kishan Lal, who had taken over at the Ratlam junction, were killed on the spot.
		However, the guard of the stationary goods train, who was in his cabin when the passenger train rammed it managed to jump out of the cabin and escaped with some injuries.
	www.hindu.com /2005/04/22/stories/2005042211000100.htm (748 words)

	Is Violence Crippling Gujarat - HindustanTimes.com Special (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The tragic communal killings on the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002 were preceded by repeated incidents of rovocation and harassment of Muslim passengers by kar sewaks travelling by the train on the preceding days.
		The Muslims of the Singal Faliya area near the railway station, who allegedly attacked the Sabarmati Express with tragic consequences, are 'Ghanchis' a largely uneducated and poor community, a large number of whom are reportedly 'tabliquis' of the Deobandi tradition, who have been active participants in earlier rounds of communal violence.
		The Sabarmati Express was late, not an uncommon event, and arrived in Godhra on platform number 1, almost five hours late at 7.43 AM instead of the scheduled time 2.55 AM.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/gujarat/carnage.shtml (2371 words)

	Plastic bags, pollutants run through the Sabarmati river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The river, which flows through the heart of Ahmedabad, is paying the price for its proximity to the city and has become a repository of plastic, pollutants and human refuse.
		The damage is obvious to the eye: the Sabarmati's water is dark bluish in some patches, red, green or fl in other places.
		The river is dotted by stretches of bare sand and mud, and plastic bags containing hazardous chemicals float in the puddles of water that are left.
	www.indianexpress.com /ie/daily/20001122/ina22067.html (534 words)

	rediff.com: Fifty-eight killed in attack on Sabarmati Express
		At least 58 people, most of them kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya, were killed and 43 injured when miscreants attacked the Sabarmati Express and set afire four of its coaches at Godhra railway station in Gujarat on Wednesday.
		Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced a probe into the incident and an ex- gratia of Rs 200,000 to the kin of those killed.
		Sabarmati Express set afire in Gujarat, 30 dead
	in.rediff.com /news/2002/feb/27train2.htm (541 words)

	SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
		The Sabarmati river basin is one of the few classic river basins where all sorts of phenomena associated with water sector like water scarcity, increasing water demand for multiple uses like irrigation, industry and domestic; conflicting demands, inter-sectoral conflicts, intra-sectoral conflicts etc. are occurring.
		River Sabarmati is one of the major West flowing river of Gujarat which originates from Arravali hill ranges in Rajasthan and meets the Gulf of Cambay after travelling 371 Km.
		The main objective of integrated river basin management in river Sabarmati basin is to form River Basin Committee represented by the elected bodies and all the water users of the basin.
	www.oieau.fr /ciedd/contributions/atriob/contribution/parmar.htm (1247 words)

	Reservoir Operation Studies of Sabarmati System, India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The operation of the Sabarmati system, consisting of four reservoirs and three diversion structures, was studied.
		Since the potential damage center is located far downstream of the dam, the modeling of flow in the Sabarmati River at Ahmedabad was carried out.
		Software was developed to assist the dam operator in determining the safe release from the Dharoi reservoir during floods.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?9800115 (197 words)

	India Travelogue: Sabarmati Ashram- Waiting for the Mahatma, Travel Experiences of Sabarmati Ashram, Gujarat, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It's sad that Sabarmati remains forgotten, and it's an ashram replete with the memories of the Father of the Nation.
		She was accompanying me on the off-chance of a visit to the Sabarmati Ashram: Gandhi's, the Mahatma's.
		Sabarmati Ashram was lost in the maze of the metropolis.
	www.indiatravelogue.com /trav/trav48.html (1033 words)

	Gujarat Carnage 2002 : outlookindia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The tragic communal killings on the Sabarmati Express on February 27th, 2002 were preceded by repeated incidents of provocation and harassment of Muslim passengers by kar sewaks travelling by the train on the preceding days.
		The Muslims of the Singal Faliya area near the railway station, who allegedly attacked the Sabarmati Express with tragic consequences, are ‘Ghanchis’ a largely uneducated and poor community, a large number of whom are reportedly ‘tabliquis’ of the Deobandi tradition, who have been active participants in earlier rounds of communal violence.
		The Sabarmati Express was late, not an uncommon event, and arrived in Godhra on platform number 1, almost five hours late at 7.43 AM instead of the scheduled time 2.55 AM.
	www.outlookindia.com /specialfeaturem.asp?fodname=20020411&fname=chenoy&sid=1 (14429 words)

	India Discussion Forum - Indian History, Culture, Politics, News, Strategic Security, Hinduism. -> Godhra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In wake of UC Bannerjee report which found that the kar-sevaks armed with trishul's burned themselves alive in S-6 coach of the Sabarmati express in Godhra.I am opening this thread to collect information from various sources to establish the facts.The findings can perhaps later be published as a rebuttal to Mr Bannerjee's great work.
		On the night of March 3, as a grim Godhra watched television for updates on the communal killings in Gujarat and resigned itself to an extended curfew, a crack team of the state's anti-terrorist squad was closing in on some citizens.
		Having made vital arrests in Godhra's Polan Bazar in the morning in connection with the burning of the Sabarmati Express, it was now waiting for information from a reconnaissance group that had visited Mithikhan Mohalla, Polan's thickly populated and predominantly Muslim section.
	www.india-forum.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=632 (5532 words)

	Search Results for Sabarmati - Encyclopædia Britannica
		It lies on the banks of the Sabarmati River, north of the former capital of Ahmadabad.
		Built to supplant the former capital, the city was begun in...
		It is situated in the lowlands between the Sabarmati and Mahi rivers.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Sabarmati&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (324 words)

	17 killed, 80 injured in Sabarmati train collision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Samaliya (Gujarat): At least seventeen persons were killed and over 80 injured when Ahmedabad-bound Sabarmati Express train collided with a stationary goods train near Samaliya in Panchmahals district early today (Apr 21, 2005), railway officials said.
		The mishap occurred when the Ahmedabad-bound Sabarmati Express train coming from Varanasi and a goods train collided near Samaliya village, which occurred at around 03:30 hrs (IST) Railway Superintendent of Police S P Gehlot told sources.
		As a result of the accident, the engine and four coaches of the Sabarmati Express train derailed, he said.
	news.indiainfo.com /2005/04/21/2104collision.html (720 words)

	SABARMATI BASIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sabarmati river rises from Aravalli bills in Rajasthan at an elevation of about 762 m and flows for about 371 km before outfalling into the Arabian Sea through the Gulf of Cambay.
		The principal tributaries of Sabarmati are the Sei, the Wakal, the Harnav, the Hathmathi and the Wartak.
		The important soil types found in the basin are fl, alluvial and sandy soils.
	wrmin.nic.in /riverbasin/sabarmati.htm (191 words)

	Cabinet okays Sabarmati river project-Ahmedabad-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Sabarmati River Development Corporation, especially floated to choose a developer, would start the tendering process on the nationwide basis, Jadeja said.
		Painting a rosy picture of the looks of Sabarmati - a virtual gutter right now - three years from hence, Jadeja sought to compare the project with that of the river Thames in London.
		It was, however, not clear where the water would come from, as the Dharoi dam upstream conserves most of the Sabarmati water, with no water being allowed to flow down to Ahmedabad as was the case even three years ago.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_Id=12100220 (451 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Ruling out sabotage in the collision between the Sabarmati Express and a goods train here, the Western Railway General Manager today said the accident was caused by the “mistake” of two railway employees.
		Several passengers of Sabarmati Express, which was involved in a collision with a goods train at Samlaya today, narrated the heart-rending scene of a twelve-year-old boy crying besides the body of his mother, who lay beheaded in the mangled remains of one of the coaches.
		Sabarmati Express left Lucknow at 0030 hrs yesterday and 123 passengers boarded the S4, S5 and S6 coaches.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050422/main1.htm (1377 words)

	Children's World - Vol. V 1997
		Sabarmati and Noakhali, after Gandhi, represent two opposite values and attitudes both at physical and spiritual level.
		Sabarmati also represents eloquently these ideals while Noakhali reminds humanity of the negation of all these principles.
		Sankara Pillai who opened a new chapter in modern Indian theatre appeals to all of us to invoke the Sabarmati in each of us and not to be cowed down by the destructive side of Noakhali.
	www.ignca.nic.in /nl_01113.htm (426 words)

	Déjà vu: Samjhauta and Sabarmati Express by Kusum Choppra
		The S-6 of the Sabarmati Express February 2002 has vitiated the atmospherics in Gujarat, despite all the show casing of expensive development pies-in-the-development-sky by Chief Minister Narendra Modi over five long years, without being able to wash out the Lady Macbethian blood stains from his bloodied hands.
		As another anniversary of the tragic burning of the Sabarmati Express and the subsequent Godhra riots rolls around, one stands to ponder.
		Within hours of the tragedy, netas were hollering that the ISI and its henchmen had masterminded the arson which took 66 lives in the ill fated coached and thousands in the riots that followed.
	www.boloji.com /opinion/0306.htm (884 words)

	Asia Times: Destroying the house that Gandhi built
		The train that on February 27 carried 58 Hindu activists to their death at the hands of a Muslim mob at Godhra, Gujarat state, on their return from the holy city of Ayodhya was called the Sabarmati Express.
		The community and complex of simple dwellings in Ahmedabad, commercial capital of Gujarat, that Mohandas K Gandhi built in 1917 soon after his return to India from South Africa is called the Sabarmati Ashram (though it's now commonly referred to by the Mahatma's name).
		From the banks of the Sabarmati river flowing through his home state, Gandhi launched his non-violent freedom struggle for India's independence, which finally occurred in 1947.
	www.atimes.com /ind-pak/DC15Df01.html (1187 words)

	Sabarmati terminal project will be in Railway budget
		Ambitious project to develop Sabarmati as a terminal for North and West bound trains has finally got a nod from the railway board.
		On the completion of this project, present Sabarmati meter gauge station will be turned into a terminal with a massive complex to cater to the traffic in the direction of Delhi and Saurashtra.
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	www.gujaratglobal.com /nextSub.php?id=1847&cattype=NEWS (394 words)

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