{"id":11939,"date":"2021-03-25T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=ground_up_stories&#038;p=11939"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:39:46","slug":"bhoodan-movement-a-bloodless-revolution-odisha-adivasi","status":"publish","type":"ground_up_stories","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/ground-up-stories\/bhoodan-movement-a-bloodless-revolution-odisha-adivasi\/","title":{"rendered":"A bloodless revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"IDR Ground Up | A bloodless revolution\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08kyWFjYVpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkgandhi.org\/vinoba\/bhoodan.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bhoodan Movement<\/a> (land gift movement) also known as the &lsquo;bloodless revolution&rsquo; was a voluntary land reform movement in India initiated by Gandhian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkgandhi.org\/vinoba\/vinoba.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acharya Vinoba Bhave<\/a> in the early fifties of the last century. It was an attempt to make land available to the landless or land-poor people by encouraging donations from the rich <em>zamindars<\/em> or landlords.<\/p><p>Although the movement owed its origin to Vinoba&rsquo;s tour of Telangana in April 1951, it had a huge impact in Odisha as well. Vinoba was able to <a href=\"http:\/\/magazines.odisha.gov.in\/Orissareview\/2010\/May-June\/engpdf\/70-72.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">collect<\/a> several acres of donated land and distribute it under the Orissa Bhoodan Yagna Bill passed by the state government on July 26th, 1953. It was here that the movement took a new form&mdash;of <em>gramdan<\/em> or village donation.<\/p><p>In this video, the <em>gram pradhan<\/em> (village head) of Tadingpai village, Rayagada recalls his experience of meeting Vinoba Bhave decades ago.<\/p><p><em>Translated by <a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/contributor\/disha-acharya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disha Acharya<\/a><\/em>.<br><br><em>Anushka Dalal is a digital analyst at IDR and Harsha Pareek is an editorial associate at IDR.<\/em><\/p><p>&mdash;<\/p><p><strong>Know more: <\/strong>Read about a <a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/fighting-for-dignity-not-profit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dalit movement<\/a> for land rights that is sweeping across southern 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