Acharya Vinoba Bhave started “Bhoodan Andolan”

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Acharya Vinoba Bhave started the "Bhoodan Movement" on 18 April 1951 in Ponar village, Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana). This movement was started with the aim of encouraging land reforms and distribution of land to landless farmers. Under this movement, Vinoba Bhave requested land owners to donate a part of their land to landless farmers. This initiative of Vinoba Bhave received widespread support and spread to different parts of India, distributing millions of acres of land to poor and landless farmers.