V. Ramachandra Reddy

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Vedire Ramachandra Reddy (1905–1986) was, in 1951, the first landlord to donate land to the poor as part of the

Bhoodan movement in southern India.[2][3][4][5]

Reddy, a social worker, received the title Bhoodan because of his role in starting the land donation movement of early 1950s in Andhra Pradesh at a village called

Acharya Vinobha Bhave, under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi
, started the land donation movement in Pochampally village in April 1951. Reddy gave the first donation of 100 acres (400,000 m2), later 3,000 acres (12 km2). Eventually, 1 million acres (4,000 km²) of land was donated and distributed among the poor in post-independence India.

Reddy was born on July 13, 1905, into a prominent family during the Nizam Rule in Deccan. He completed his law/barrister training at Ferguson Law college in Pune. After practicing law for a few years, he resigned, began to work for social reform, and helped initiate the land donation movement in Pochampally.

Reddy died on December 9, 1986. He was surely a great person who donated 80 Acres of land for Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement

References

  1. ^ https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?jess1=1-7
  2. doi:10.1017/S0010417500004722
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  3. OCLC 7153593
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  4. ISBN 978-81-7099-877-8
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  5. ISBN 978-81-7022-689-5
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