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Posted 12 Sep 2025

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Celebrating his birth anniversary, Vinoba Bhave, a disciple of Gandhi, pioneered the Bhoodan movement, promoted village service, and upheld values of simplicity, justice, and selflessness. 

Acharya Vinoba Bhave Birth Anniversary celebrated.

About Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1895-1982)

  • Born at Gagode, a tribal hamlet in Maharashtra.
  • He Is Considered as a National Teacher of India and The Spiritual Successor Of Mahatma Gandhi.

Key Contributions:

  • Participated In The Quit India Movement and was first satyagrahi in the Individual Disobedience campaign.
  • He taught students at Sabarmati ashram and carried out experiments in constructive work like khadi, education and sanitation.
  • To organise village-service, Vinoba established Gram-seva Mandal in 1934.
  • He is Best Known For The Bhoodan Movement(1951).
    • It was a voluntary, non-violent socio-political movement in India aimed at redistributing land to landless peasants.
  • Literary Works: ‘Gitai’ and ‘Gita Pravachane’, ‘Sthitaprajna-Darshan’ (‘The Steadfast Wisdom’), ‘Gitai Chintanika’, ‘Jnanadevanchi Bhajane’, ‘Ishavasya-Vrutti’ ‘Vichar-Pothi’ and ‘Swarajya-Shastra’.

Values: Austerity, selflessness, simplicity, Justice and equity etc.

  • Tags :
  • Acharya Vinoba Bhave
  • First Satyagrahi
  • Bhoodan Movement
  • Gitai
  • Gita Pravachane
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