Sabarmati Central Jail | |
Pushpin Map: | India Ahmedabad#India Gujarat#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
Location: | Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
Coordinates: | 23.0749°N 72.5841°W |
Status: | Operating |
Classification: | Maximum |
Capacity: | 530 |
Opened: | 1895 |
Managed By: | Department of Gujarat Prisons, Government of Gujarat |
Sabarmati Central Jail is the main prison in Ahmedabad in Gujarat. It was established in 1895.[1] Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned here for few days in 1922.[2]
Sanskrit Revival in Ahmedabad Central Prison, Gujarat, India : An Initiative Taken by Sri Prashant Gohil [DySP (Prison), Gujarat Prisons & Member of Global Uniform Services Welfare Committee ] in 2015 by Organizing EASY SANSKRIT SPEAKING SEMINAR & Sanskrit Revival & Vedanta : The New Height of Indian Heritage in Indian Prisons at Prison Auditorium. Noted Participants like Recent Gujarat DGP Sri P P Pandey, IPS and Ex DIG Sri D G Vanzara, IPS under Consultancy of Sri Himanjay Paliwal, Organization Secretary, Sanskritbharati, Gujarat. Then Chief Minister and now Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi Congratulates the Venture of Knowledge.
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