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Acharya vinoba bhave

1. Acharya Vinoba Bhave
By
Mr. V. VEERANAN
M.Sc. Computer Science., Dip. in Yoga.,
Government Arts College, Melur –625 106.

2. Who is Vinoba Bhave?
Mr. V.Veeranan, M.Sc. Computer Science, Dip. in Yoga
AcharyaVinobaBhavewasanonviolence
activist,freedomactivist,socialreformerand
spiritualteacher.On11September1895,Vinoba
BhavewasborninGagodevillage,Raigad,
Maharashtra.
OftencalledAcharya(Sanskritforteacher),he
isbestknownfortheBhoodanMovement.

3. Association with Mahatma
Gandhi
Mr. V.Veeranan, M.Sc. Computer Science, Dip. in Yoga
HereadanewspaperreportcarryingMahatma
Gandhi’sspeechatthenewlyfoundedBenaras
HinduUniversity,andthisinspiredhimsomuch
thatheburnthisschoolandcollegecertificates
whileonhiswaytoBombay totakehis
intermediateexamination.
HeexchangedletterswithGandhibefore
meetinghimatthelatter’sashraminAhmedabad
in1916.
There,hequithisformaleducationand
involvedhimselfinteachingandvarious
constructiveprogrammesofGandhirelatedto
Khadi,education,sanitation,hygiene,etc.,

4. Role in Freedom Struggle
Mr. V.Veeranan, M.Sc. Computer Science, Dip. in Yoga
HetookpartinnonviolentagitationstheBritish
government,forwhichhewasimprisoned.
HewaschosenbyGandhiasthefirst
individualSatyagrhiinanonviolentmovementin
theyear1940.Afterthisevent,theunknown
VinobaBhavebecameknowntothewholecountry.
Heworked towardseliminatingsocial
inequities.HestartedtheSarvodayaMovement
whichmeant“Progreesforall”.
HealsocreatedtheBrahmaVidyaMandir
whichwasasmallcommunityofwomenenabling
themtobecomeself-sufficient.

5. Bhoodan Movement
Mr. V.Veeranan, M.Sc. Computer Science, Dip. in Yoga
Bhoodanliterallymeansadonationofland.
Asimliedbythename,inthismovement,landlords
voluntarilygiveuplandtobedistributedto
landlesslabourers,whowouldthencultivatethe
land.
Thisisaimedatreducingthegapbetweenthe
richandthepoor.Here,thelanddonorsarenot
givesanycompensation.
In1954,hestartedtheGramdanmovement
whichinvolvedthevoluntarydonationofwhole
villages.
These movements attractedworldwide
admirationforbeingstellarexamplesofvoluntary
socialjustice.

6. Mr. V.Veeranan, M.Sc. Computer Science, Dip. in Yoga