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.