write a short note on bhoodan movement
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The Bhoodan Movement or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India. It was initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 at Pochampally village, which is now in Telangana, and known as Bhoodan Pochampally.
The Bhoodan Movement attempted to persuade wealthy landowners to voluntarily give a percentage of their land to landless people. Philosophically, Bhave was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's Sarvodaya movement.
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Landless laborers were given small plots on which they were welcome to settle and grow their crops. Bhoodan Acts were passed that stated that the beneficiary had no right to sell the land or use it for non-agricultural purposes or for forestry. For example, Section 25 of the Maharashtra State Bhoodan Act states that the beneficiary (who must be landless) should only use the land for subsistence cultivation. If the "owner" failed to cultivate the land for over a year or tried to use it for non-agriculture activities, the government would have the right to confiscate it.
Bhave wanted peasants to give up using bullocks, tractors or other machines for agricultural purposes. This was called rishi-kheti. He also wanted the people to give up using money in the form of kanchan-dan. He was followed by crowds nearly everywhere he went.
The movement had the support of Congress. JP Narayan withdrew from active politics to join the Bhoodan movement in 1953.
Bhoodan movement was launched by acharya vinoda bhave in 1951. He is also known as a devotee of Mahatma Gandhi. When he went to villages, people told him about their sufferings and since there was not much of income people worked as landless labourers in rich people's farms. He asked the rich farmers if anyone would provide people with few acres of land. Some people agreed and this was how it was launched.