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3 unusual facts about Bhoodan movement


Bhoodan movement

And at Pochampally (now called as Bhoodan Pochampally) a huge, massive and magnificent movement called Bhoodan Movement was born”.

The Bhoodan Movement (Hindi: भूदान, Urdu: بھودان) or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 started at Pochampally village now known as Bhoodan Pochampally.

John Emmeus Davis

Davis has served for many years as the de facto historian of the community land trust movement, documenting precursors and pioneers of a model of housing and community development that is rooted in the Gramdan Movement of India, the Garden Cities of England, and the Civil Rights Movement of the American South.


Social entrepreneurship

A list of a few historically noteworthy people whose work exemplifies classic "social entrepreneurship" might include Florence Nightingale, founder of the first nursing school and developer of modern nursing practices; Robert Owen, founder of the cooperative movement; and Vinoba Bhave, founder of India's Land Gift Movement.


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