Summary:
“It has been 33 years since, and no one from the Gandhi family has come here. “It was after the Dhanol visit, that Gandhi realized the difficulties of the poor and announced a scheme of wheat distribution in tribal areas at the cost of Rs 1.50 per kilo. Udaipur: There may be nothing extraordinary about Dhanol, a non-descript tribal-dominant village, under Chhani gram panchayat in Kherwada block of the district. Residents here have a strong feeling that someone from the Gandhi family would visit their homes and enquire about their well being.On August 8, 1985 the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had unexpectedly arrived in Dhanol, with wife Sonia Gandhi, while on a visit to Udaipur. However, the innocent people here, have been nurturing a dream in their hearts for three decades now..