MAHATMA GANDHI March 05, 1931 - Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, which was focussed on free use of salt by the poorest of Indians and release of political prisoners. This day also marked the end of the first phase of Civil Disobdience Movement. March 05, 1940:   On this day, Segaon, a village in Maharashtra, was formally renamed as Sewagram by Mahatma Gandhi. Sevagram was the place of Mohandas Gandhi's (Gandhiji's) ashram and his residence from 1936 to his death in 1948.