Bhoodann.
/buːˈdɑːn/ A movement in India initiated by Vinoba Bhave in 1951 for landowners to make free gifts of land to the poor.
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the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > free gift of village for community > of land to the poor
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > systems of
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1953 Times 15 Apr. 7/3 The bhoodan (land-gift) movement..is attempting to help the thirty million to forty million landless cultivators of India.
1958 Times of India 3 June 6 Many of them had not even heard of bhoo-dan or gram-dan before Vinoba and his men came along and asked them to give a part of their land as a gift or pool their land in the interest of the whole village.
1960 A. Koestler Lotus & Robot i. i. 19 His..solemn pledge to devote the rest of his life to the service of the Bhoodan movement.
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