Bajajwadi, Wardha,

The importance of Bajajwadi is not only that it was home of Jamnalalji. When Gandhiji settled in Sevagram - Wardha, Political leaders, freedom fighters, social activists, all sorts of important people came to Sevagram to meet Gandhiji. Jamnalalji used to play host to them. As such, Bajajwadi came to be known as National Guest House. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini Naidu, Netaji Subhas Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Acharya Kripalani, Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya stayed at Bajajwadi when they visited Wardha. Many of them had specific rooms alotted to them and the rooms are still associated with their names. One wonders how humble the great men of the yore could be as one sees the pictures of all these men and women seated in a pangat on the floor partaking of their meals.

The Working Committee of the Indian National Congress held several of its meetings at Bajajwadi. The first draft of the resolution of the ‘Quit India’ Movement of 1942 was prepared, discussed and passed here. In 1935 a World Peace Conference was held here.