Kaba Gandhi no Delo in Gujarati means 'the residence of Kaba Gandhi'.
This is Mahatma Gandhi's ancestral house in Rajkot where he spent
his childhood. Located near Dharmendra road in old city area, it
was built in 1880-81 by Mahatma Gandhi's father Karamchand Gandhi, who
was the Diwan to the Nawab of Saurashtra. The house, now declared
as a national monument has a museum 'Gandhi Smriti' with photographs
and personal belongings of Gandhiji. It stands as a memorial to the Father
of the Nation and is maintained by the state government. The house
attracts thousands of tourists every year who come here to pay homage
to Mahatma Gandhi.
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