The field which was earlier known as Bankipore Maidan was named after Mahatma Gandhi after his assassination.
Subhash Chandra Bose had organised an important meeting of his Forward block at the ground in 1939, a year after its formation.
In 1974, Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan had launched his “sampoorna kranti” (total revolution) from the same Gandhi Maidan to oust Congress from power.
