Consider the following statements regarding the Bhoodan Movement It was a voluntary land reform movement, started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave Bhave received the first land donation at Pochampalli village in Telangana Region Jayaprakash Narayan gave up active politics and joined the Bhoodan movement in 1953 Which of the above statements is correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Bhoodan Movement It was a voluntary land reform movement, started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave Bhave received the first land donation at Pochampalli village in Telangana Region Jayaprakash Narayan gave up active politics and joined the Bhoodan movement in 1953 Which of the above statements is correct? Correct Answer 1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is Option 4, i.e 1, 2 and 3.

• The Bhoodan Movement or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India, started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 at Pochampally village which is now in Telangana, India, and known as Bhoodan Pochampally.
• Mahatma Gandhi declared Vinoba Bhave as his spiritual heir. He also participated in Satyagraha as one of the foremost satyagrahis. He was one of the votaries of Gandhi’s concept of gram swarajya.
• After Gandhiji’s martyrdom, Vinoba Bhave undertook padayatra to spread Gandhiji’s message that covered almost the entire country.
  • He traveled and introduced his ideas widely all over India. Some zamindars, owners of many villages offered to distribute some villages among the landless.
  • It was known as Gramdan. However, many land-owners chose to provide some part of their land to the poor farmers due to the fear of the land ceiling act.
  • This Bhoodan-Gramdan movement initiated by Vinoba Bhave is also known as the Bloodless Revolution.