—__6 saii’S Bhoodan and Gramdan movements are < schemes of sarvodaya movement. Bhood to be understood as i charity, but a realisation of right, a ere according to him, ion and an introduction of new values to thea of equitable dis. sqperiment 10 non-violent economic revolution, a pociety twas an a nto actiO” Vinoba told, “Through the aa trusteeship theory ‘on, thoughts of the religion of humanit wm of nd donation ant Feeding the hungry and giving ee me pane Toots in val devotion to God. Donation had the di i ese rea) Cd distribution and atti imension of equal divi- gon and distri and attitude of non-accumulation, he said, ci ing Shankaracharya and Buddha» Based on Ishopanishad and Thi Ramayart he preached that all land belonged to the Lord rare the people-based scheme to state-sponsored approach in solving the problem of rural poverty, he said, “Distribution of land is not our ulti- ‘mate goal, but means to the goal. The goal is social revolution. The government is a servant. The people are the masters. I am trying to convince the masters. If they are convinced, they will get their serv- ants do the needful...The government is a bucket and people are the well. If there is water in the well, then only can the bucket be filled.’** Acharya Vinoba, the Walking Saint of India, conducted series of pilgrimages of joy, and kept on moving,® convincing the landowners with cultural reasons to donate one sixth of their land to the landless. In Telangana area, where communists claimed to have distributed 30,000 acres of land after two and a half years’ of violence resulting in 3000 murders and destruction of huge public property, Vinoba Bhave activised Bhoodan movement and could collect 1.5 million acres of land. In UP. he collected five lakh acres.” Bhoodan movement made moral appeal to the landed class to donate land, and provoked the landless not to cooperate with those landlords who did not donate. According to one source, donation of Jand under bhoodan was 3.46 million acres up to 1954, which made a slow 4.26 million acres in progress reaching ° Ibid, at p. 221 ® Nirmala Deshpande, Vinoba 2001) at p. 51. ® Ibid, at pp. 98-39. “ Ibid, at p. 39; “Ishvasyamidam sarvam bhunjitha ma grdha kasyasiddhanam’; Tulsidas sai * Ibid, atp.60. * “Person who desir shape the yuga and not the Yuga tt everybody’s happiness and benefit keep moving, Since a walking man moving, Caraiveti Caraiveti “ See, Nirmala Ds © Jayaprakash Narayan, Total Reoolitior (Tr), S.A. Virkar (National Book Trust, New Delhi atkincha jagatkam jagat, Tena tyaktena id, “Sabai bhoom: Gopalki”. hould keep moving since itis men who vat shapes men. Buddha told the Bhikkus that for _bahujana hitaya bahujano sukhaya ~ they should ‘5 luck starts walking, he should keep moving and shpande, spn. 92 at PP. 33, 132 Vol. Ial p. 212. es to live in Satya Yuga 5~ “ey “Mfit, as 1.19 million acres because of gistributed w a withdrawals by i 4 The land -.. cultivation n 1907 = land for cu vn Nor, » of 44 Pet cont of states ranged between 21 lakh acres in Biha, | ¢ in sta » The contribution of Bihar Mp he i Mp, Kashmir. ated to 85 per ce f change conte phoodan ligt r es inJammu and ont of donated land Abe. Jp : \bour smplated in bhoodan Ut th “Vinoba is not against Jo. ; Ma # ant to wait till there is legis) gar acr and Rajastahan aggress process 0 role of law 1n the proces mM Jayaprakash Narayan salcl, does nol Ws ment tan { 3 the is impatien ane - looi . a ‘ “ he is clearing the road for legislation. There must be p says a n 7 hie je sa} { before a law can be made. It would come soor, ee opinion createc message spread s to every village.” The legal procedu re for b included owner's declaration before Revenue Officer, registration. ; gift deed under the Indian Registration Act, distribution of donat., find to the landless families by the Sarvodaya Mandal with title subj... to a condition not to sell, lease or mortgage. In order to help the pos donees to cultivate the land, sampatti dan and sadhan dan (donation money and equipments) were also popularised by Vinoba. In addition to resolving the problem of inequality in possession of land, bhoodan was aspired to release and bring into play the moral and social forces for the regeneration of society. Gramdan abolishes private proprietor ship of land, and recognises community ownership and coo 7 farming. The revival of the concept of common property re: eee community’ participation rather than by imposition from the to 2 part of the process buildi ee ship, work and penetiaecsaton ct secede Py sharing oe voluntary efforts, ofsarvodaya was unique throug 3.3.3 Jayaprakash Narayan’s idea of total revolution Jayaprakash Narayan concei . tinuation of ved the idea of total rev i _ comprehensive ren concept. By “total reer (nail individual life The ‘on affecting all aspects of social life incl di the time and situatin nature of TR was to be governed by includi Ns obtaining in the country. He said, nm needs * a here must ™ Data pi ” &lven by N, Bh Y Nanekar g joodan Movement ae 2 Canthtiandewale (1973) cited by Sudarshan I 4 Gandhian y Sudarshan ly Development” Vol . A s .; . State of UP t Fe) Gandhi Marg orn to Resource Distributi lakhs, Orissa 1.89 | jasthan (a9 ct PP. 401, 405-06. lakh NaN 4.32 lakhs . 26,293, Karnataka 20, Ong tharashtra 15 lakhe MP. 4.05 lakhs, Andiira Prad Ibid, at p. 213, 8% N854m 23, 195, |” CUiAraL 1.03 lakhs, T.N. 80, 433, Ke Sudarshan [ oan and Deveney to Jayaprak, iS 1978) at p, ae ash Naray 3, da n Movement as aGi NU” Vol. 28 7 ‘ol. 28(4) (Gandhi Ma ‘al Revolution, Vol. I ; andhian Approach to Resour” 2007) at pp. 401-18, (Popular Prake , bombs