Question

Which one of the following movements started by Vinobha Bhave, is known as the Blood-less revolution?
A. Padyatra Movements
B. Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement
C. ShramDaan Movement
D. Godan Movement

Answer 1

Hint: Mahatma Gandhi proclaimed Vinobha Bhave as his otherworldly beneficiary. Vinobha Bhave was one of the votaries of Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of gram swarajya.

Complete answer: Gandhian Acharya Vinobha Bhave in 1951 initiated a bloodless revolution at Pochampally village, India. Mahatma Gandhi’s Sarvodaya movement and Gram Swarajya influenced Vinobha Bhave philosophically to formulate this movement. The Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement was a land reform movement in which some of the poor landless villagers demanded some land for their economic welfare. The Bhoodan-Gramdan movement is also known as the Land-gift Movement.

Now let us examine the options:
Option A - With Gandhi’s famous Dandi March, the concept of padyatra emerged. Padyatra is part of the Bhoodan Movement initiated by Vinobha Bhave.
Option B - The Bhoodan-Gramdan movement is known as the bloodless revolution which was initiated by Vinobha Bhave at a Pochampally village of India. He took the donated land and distributed it among landless people for their economic prosperity. This act was known as ‘Bhoodan’. Later on, some of the zamindars volunteered to distribute some villages among the landless people and were termed as ‘Gramdan’. Vinobha Bhave undertook ‘padayatra’ after Gandhi’s concept of gram swarajya, to spread Gandhi’s message all across the country.
Option C - The Shram Daan Movement was launched by the Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi as a part of the Swachh Bharat and Swachh Puducherry initiative.
Option D - This option is invalid because no such movement exists.

Thus, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Shri Vedre Ramachandra Reddy offered 80 acres of land to the landless farmers at first and later on donated 800 acres land. The land donation made by Raja Bahadur Giriwar Narayan Singh and Raja of Ranka was considered to be the largest donation in India.