The Gramdan Movement, initiated by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in the 1950s, was a significant non-violent movement in post-Gandhian India. It was an extension of the Bhoodan (land gift) Movement, which encouraged wealthy landowners to voluntarily donate a portion of their land to landless peasants. The Gramdan Movement, however, went beyond individual land donations and focused on the collective ownership and development of entire villages. It represented a transition from individual charity to community ownership and was rooted in the Gandhian ideals of trusteeship, non-violence, and decentralized self-governance. One of the key features of the Gramdan Movement was the voluntary surrender of land rights by landowners for the collective benefit of the entire village. In a Gramdan village, land was considered the property of the entire community rather than of individual owners. Those who had land would continue to cultivate it but under the condition