"In the Punjab, we have 55,000 soldiers and large scale rioting. In Bengal, our force consists of one man and there is no rioting. Allow me to pay tribute to a one man army."
- Lord Mountabatten, in August 1947, on Mahatma Gandhi.
The Ahimsa Conference consists of :
Located in the West Zone, the conference includes 5 universities spread over Gujarat. The cities of Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Patan, Rajkot, and Vadodara, straddling five districts around the Gulf of Khambhat, are involved in the competition.
There is an astro-turf field located at Gandhinagar. Doordarshan studios are located at Ahmedabad and Vadodara.
Watch out for intra-state rivals Gujarat University vs. Maharaja Sayyajirao University. Gujarat University has the potential to achieve National Rankings.
The average distance travelled by the teams in this conference will be 124 km. In the distance grid below, * indicates that the match will be played at a neutral site.
| Name
of University |
Gujarat University |
Bhavnagar University |
N.
Gujarat University |
Saurashtra University |
M. S. University |
| Gujarat University |
- | 185 | 140 | 0 | 120 |
| Bhavnagar University |
0 | - | 160* | 0 | 120* |
| N. Gujarat University |
0 | 190* | - | 225* | 0 |
| Saurashtra University |
225 | 190 | 140* | - | 120* |
| M. S. University |
0 | 185* | 260 | 225* | - |
| Average Distance |
56 | 188 | 175 | 113 | 90 |
