Question

The Bhoodan movement was started in India by _______.
A.Vinoba Bhave
B.MK Gandhi
C.Acharya Kriplani
D.Frontier Gandhi

Answer 1

Hint: Bhoodan movement was an initiation that took place shortly after the Independence in order to convince wealthy high caste landowners to share a small portion of their land to the people who have no land of their own. The movement spread across the nation. As a result, over 4 million acres of land were shared throughout the years to the people in need. The movement started in Nalgonda district, Telangana in 1951.

Complete answer:
 The Bhoodan movement started as a one-man army by one of the prominent freedom fighters, Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 . Soon after the declaration of independence, most of the land came under the wealthy who were either in alliance with the British rulers or the Zamindars. The working class people and the bottom layer of the hierarchy was left with nothing and in shambles as the country planned future developments. Bhave, being the humble helper himself, took the matters in his own hand and started a march from his house in Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh and demanded land for people who were in need to the land owners.
This movement gained momentum after some landlords offered more land than asked and the movement went on till 1957 . Within this short time period, he was able to receive about 4 million acres of properties to give the landless.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:Over time, the movement later faced several issues, such as slow development, fraud, donation of bogus property, desire for more land or inaccurate implementation in some regions. The movement soon collapsed because a voluntary movement for self-serving reasons was gradually misused by a few. This campaign, however, also drew the attention of many influential thinkers outside India, who saw this in light of Gandhi's principles of non-violence and redistribution. "Gramdan is the most innovative thought to come from the East in recent times," Louis Fischer said.