The movement of the Bhoodan- Gramdan was initiated by the Vinoba Bhave. The idea of this movement was started when Vinoba Bhave was leading the Gandhiji's Padyatra in Andhra Pradesh. In the speech of Vinoba Bhave in Andhra Pradesh he came to know the problems faced by the rural landless farmers, therefore after this raised the issue in front of the government.
Immediately Shri Ram Chandra Reddy stood up and offered 80 acres of land to 80 landless farmers. After that many zamindars started offering the land and this was known as Bhoodan. When he tried to take this idea to entire India this was known as Gramdan where many villagers started offering the land for the redistribution.
Some of the zamindars were offering the land because of fear of the land ceiling act which was introduced by the government of India. This movement of offering the land to the poor landless farmers was known as Bhoodan-Gramdan movement led by Vinoba Bhave. This movement is also known as Blood-less Revolution.
