Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
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- AUdaygiri
- BRaipur
- CPochampalliCorrect
- DVenkatagiri
Explanation
The correct answer is Pochampalli. The Bhoodan Movement, also known as the Bloodless Revolution, was initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951. The movement began in the village of Pochampalli, located in the Nalgonda district of present day Telangana. It started when a local landowner named Vedre Ramachandra Reddy donated 80 acres of land to landless untouchables after Bhave made an appeal for land for the poor. This event marked the official launch of the movement to redistribute land through voluntary donations.
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