Tuesday, September 16, 2025
spot_img

Gandhi’s round glasses missing

Date:

Share post:

spot_imgspot_img

Nagpur: Mahatma Gandhi’s iconic round spectacles have gone missing from Sevagram Ashram in Wardha district of Maharashtra.

Asharam inmates noticed on Monday that the specs of the Father of the Nation was not found along with his other belongings kept in a locked showcase at a museum within the premises, 75 km from here.

The Ashram, which receives about three lakh visitors annually, is celebrating its platinum jubilee later this week (June 15-16).

The Ashram — once Gandhi’s abode — has put on display his personal belongings, including a pen stand, spectacles and a bathroom brush at the museum.

Aakash Lokhande, the manager of Sevagram Ashram, said that the pair of spectacles might have been stolen by unidentified persons sometime back, but it came to light only on Monday when the Ashram inmates, who clean the articles periodically, found it missing.

‘We have not lodged a formal complaint with the police so far but Wardha police have visited the Ashram,’ he added.

Sevagram Ashram president, M M Gadkari, confirmed that spectacles have been missing.

‘The issue would be discussed in the next meeting of board of trustees and a decision as to whether formal police complaint should be lodged would be taken,’ he said.

Sevagram Ashram was set up by Gandhi in 1936. Since he stayed there, it became a de-facto headquarters of Congress for some time.

The Quit India resolution was passed in July 1942 at Sevagram.

Gandhi left Sevagram in 1946, to quell the riots in some parts of the country, never to return. The spectacles had been donated to the Ashram by Gandhi’s daughter-in-law, Nirmalaben Gandhi, who lived at Sevagram till her death. (PTI)

Superintendent of Police(Wardha district) S M Waghmare told PTI that he visited the Ashram in the morning and inspected the entire area.(PTI)

spot_imgspot_img

Related articles

test

fasdfs

Indian police service marks 76 years of legacy, leadership

Hyderabad, Sep 15: Monday (September 15, 2025) marks the 76th anniversary of the Indian Police Service (IPS), a...

PM Modi to inaugurate 524-year-old redeveloped Tripura Sundari temple on Sep 22

Agartala, Sep 15:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the redeveloped Tripura Sundari temple, one of the 51...

ED returns assets valued at Rs 163.85 crore to SBI in Rs 380 crore bank fraud case

Chennai, Sep 15: The Chennai Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has restituted 27 immovable properties worth...