3. Vinayaka Narahari Bhave was born on 11 September 1895 in Gagoji
Vinayaka was the eldest son of Narahari Shambhu Rao and Rukmini Devi.
Vinayaka was greatly influenced by his mother Rukmini Devi, a religious woman from Karnataka
He was highly inspired after reading the Bhagavad Gita
Bhave threw certificates into a fire. He wrote a letter to Gandhi and after an exchange of letters, Gandhi
advised Bhave to come for a personal meeting at Kochrab Ashram
He was arrested several times during the 1920s and 1930s and served a five-year jail for leading non-
violent resistance to British rule
Early life and Background
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He was also an orator and linguist who had an excellent
command of several languages
Non-violence and compassion is a hallmark of his philosophy, he
also campaigned against the slaughtering of cows
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He was associated with Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian independence movement
Bhave also participated in the Quit India Movement
Vinoba Bhave was a scholar, thinker, and writer who produced numerous
books
Bhave had translated the Bhagavad Gita into Marathi. stating that "The Gita
is my life's breath"
Career
5. Bhave spent
the later part
of his life at
his Brahma
Vidya Mandir
ashram
in Paunar
He died on 15
November
1982 after
refusing food
and medicine
for a few days
by accepting
"Samadhi
Maran“
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Bhave started his
land donation
movement at
Pochampally of
nalgonda
district Telangana,
the Bhoodan
Movement
Noted Marathi
writer Pra Ke
Atre publicly
criticised him
and mocked
him by writing
an article titled
as "Vanaroba“
which is a
disambiguation
of the name
"Vinoba"
Later life
6. In 1958 Bhave was the first recipient
of the international Ramon
Magsaysay Award for Community
Leadership.
He was awarded
the Bharat
Ratna posthumously in
1983
Awards