Hello friends, how are you all, I hope you are all healthy and good. Today in this article, from Indian history we are going to see the biography of Vinoba Bhave, a person:
- who took a vow of lifelong celibacy at the age of ten.
- who gave 44 lakhs acers land to the Harijans for farming.
- who went to jail several times for the country.
So let us begin the story on Vinoba Bhave.
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| Vinoba Bhave |
Who was Vinoba Bhave?
Vinoba Bhave was born on 11 September 1895 in Gagoda village of Maharashtra. His childhood name was Vinayak Narahari Bhave. He was born in a middle class Brahmin family. His father used to make Narahari Rang (Black color).
At that time colors were imported from abroad. His father Narahari believed that if the color is made in the country, there would be no need to import it from abroad.
His mother Rukmanibai was absorbed in the devotion of God all day long. She used to tell him ancient stories like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Gita from childhood.
Vinoba Bhave's life was deeply influenced by scriptures. He took a vow not to marry and remain celibate at the tender age of ten. At a young age he was thinking of renouncing the world and going to the Himalayas.
What was the influence of Gandhiji in the life of Vinoba Bhave?
Vinoba Bhave was already influenced by Gandhiji's ideas. He always used to read Gandhiji's lectures and articles in news papers.
Once Gandhiji gave a speech in Banaras University. Vinoba Bhave read Gandhiji's speech in a news paper and realized what he needed to do in life. Influenced by Gandhiji's speech, he was on his way to take the intermediate exam in Mumbai and did not take the exam.
After listening to Gandhiji's speech, he tore up all his school certificates and burnt them. He was going to go to the Himalayas after taking asceticism, but then he left to meet Gandhiji.
Where did Vinoba Bhave meet Gandhiji?
Vinoba Bhave considered Gandhiji as his Guru. He wrote a letter to Gandhi and requested to meet him. Gandhi called him to meet at the Kochrab Ashram Ahmedabad. Kocharab Ashram was Gandhiji's first ashram.
When Gandhi saw Vinoba Bhave for the first time, he was surprised. Because Vinoba Bhave was also simple and straight-forward in dress like Gandhiji. He also did not use many clothes to cover his body like Gandhiji. Vinoba Bhave met him at the Kocharab Ashram and started living the life of an ascetic staying in the Ashram.
What did Vinoba Bhave do in association with Gandhiji?
While staying in the ashram, Vinoba Bhave used to educate the children of the ashram. He went to the surrounding villages and took up the work of cleaning campaign. He also participated in the non-cooperation movement along with Gandhiji.
He also had to go to jail for boycotting foreign goods. Even in prison, he continued to acquire knowledge, he himself continued to read and write, but at the same time, he also imparted knowledge to the inmates.
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| Reading Gita |
He translated the Bhagwat Gita into Marathi while in jail and imparted knowledge to the inmates. Gandhiji was very impressed by Vinoba Bhave's work. Gandhiji gave him the name Vinoba from Vinayaka.
What did Vinoba Bhave do to make people aware?
Gandhi assigned him to take charge of the Wardha Ashram in Maharashtra. He was managing such an ashram while staying in Vardha Ashram. He also started a monthly magazine in Maharashtra called "Maharashtra Dharma".
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| Writing Monthly Magazine |
In his magazine, he used to write an essay on the importance of Vedanta and its utility. The pamphlet named "Maharashtra Dharma" became so popular among the people that later it started to be published weekly instead of monthly.
His pamphlet "Maharashtra Dharma" was very helpful in awakening the people for independence. His pamphlet gained fame for three consecutive years.
Satisfied with his work, Gandhi sent him to Vaikobh, a small village in Kerala for further work. Where Harijans were barred from entering the temple. He was sent to remove the discrimination of high and low among the people.
How Vinoba Bhave got 44 lakh acres land in Bhoodan Movement?
Bhoodan means donation of land. When it comes to Bhoodan, Vinoba Bhave is remembered first. He contributed a lot to Bhoodan. He went to meet the people of Pochampalli village in Telangana.
The Harijans there did not even have enough land to earn a living by farming. So the Harijans demanded 80 acres of land from Vinoba Bhave for livelihood. When Vinoba Bhave spoke to the big landlords, the village landlords were ready to donate some of their land.
In this way, Vinoba Bhave walked 17 kilometers in the country on foot and got about 44 lakh acres of land donated from the landlords, village to village. He gave the donated land to poor farmers for cultivation. He continued the Bhoodan movement for 13 years.
Which famous books did Vinoba Bhave wrote?
Following are the famous books of Vinoba Bhave:
- Essence of Bhagavad Gita
- Sarvodaya
- Swarajya Shastra
- Re-establishment of Gandhian principles
- Path of Independence
- Gita Discourse
- Power of non-violence
- Vinoba Bhave about education
- Gram Gita
- India of my dreams
any many more books were written by him.
Conclusion:
In this article we have seen how Vinoba Bhave meets Gandhiji. His and Gandhiji's ideas were compatible with each other. He was very saddened to hear the news of Gandhiji's death, but he continued his social service work again. He spent his last days at Punar Ashram in Maharashtra.
When he fell ill in his last days, he stopped taking medicine and drinking. Vinoba Bhave died on 15 November 1982 due to abstinence from food and water. In 1983, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna by the Government of India.
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Thank you very much for reading this article till the end.
Take care till we meet back very soon with exciting biographies of such great peoples of India from Indian History.
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