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description: "Vinoba Bhave was Gandhi's first individual satyagrahi (1940) and founder of the Bhoodan land-gift movement of 1951. A key UPSC GS1 modern-history figure."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Vinoba Bhave was an Indian Gandhian social reformer who led the Bhoodan land-gift movement and was Mahatma Gandhi's chosen first individual satyagrahi in 1940.
- Why did Gandhi choose Vinoba Bhave as the first individual satyagrahi in 1940?
- What is the difference between Bhoodan and Gramdan?
- How did Bhoodan differ from state-led land reform?
- Why was Vinoba Bhave's stance on the 1975 Emergency controversial?

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1. 18 April 1951

   Bhave's most enduring contribution came after independence with the Bhoodan (land-gift) movement, launched on at the village of Pochampally (Pochampalli) in…

2. 15 November 1982

   He undertook several extended fasts, advocated cow protection legislation, and died on after refusing food and medicine.

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In April 1951 at Pochampally in Telangana's Nalgonda district, Vinoba Bhave received roughly a hundred acres from landlord Vedre Ramachandra Reddy, launching the nationwide Bhoodan land-gift movement.

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