NOVEMBER 15
DEATH
Vinoba Bhave
Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave ( 11 September 1895 – 15 November 1982) was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights.
Often called Acharya (Sanskrit for teacher), he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement.
He is considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
Vinoba was arrested several times during the 1920s and 1930s and served a five-year jail sentence in the 1940s for leading non-violent resistance to British rule.
The jails for Vinoba had become the places of reading and writing.
Vinoba Bhave had translated the Bhagavad Gita into Marathi.
He was deeply influenced by the Gita and attempted to imbibe its teachings into his life, often stating that "The Gita is my life's breath".
Some of his works are
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The essence of Quran
The essence of Christian teachings
Thoughts on education
Swarajya Sastra
A University has been named after him, Vinoba Bhave University, which is located in Hazaribagh district in the State of Jharkhand.
On 18 April 1951, Vinoba Bhave started his land donation movement at Pochampally of nalgonda district Telangana, the Bhoodan Movement.
He took donated land from land owner Indians and gave it away to the poor and landless, for them to cultivate.
In 1958 Vinoba was the first recipient of the international Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership.
He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 1983.







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