THE STORY OF A…

SAINT By: A.M. Rosenthal

VINOBA GANDHI
RAM

CHANDRA
APRIL 18, 1951
a day on Pochempelli…
A saint was born at the age of:
and economic movement of
modern times began…
 1.

In what exact date did the

economic movement start?

a. April 18, 1951

b. April 8, 1911
VINOBA
 Vinayak Narahari "Vinoba" Bhave was an
Indian advocate of nonviolence and human
rights. He is considered as a National
Teacher of India and the spiritual successor
of Mohandas Gandhi.
It all began in April of 1951 when Vinoba was walking

through Telegana to attend a conference of the

followers of Gandhi,
MAHATMA GANDHI
an Indian activist who
was the leader of the
Indian independence
movement against
British rule.
At that time, Telegana (State in India) was
the center of Communist activity.
The communists ruled by terror it was
sick with hunger and angry with
landlessness.
 2.

What problem was pochempelli

facing in 1951?

a. Sick with hunger and angry with landlessness.

b. The slow internet connection.
“WE HAVE NO LAND!”
 “The Government is not helping us.

The communists say they will give us a

land.”
“What will you do for
the families of
Harijans?”
Vinoba said to the other villagers.
 In a group of Man,
wealthy by standards of
Telangana.

His name was Ram

Chandra and belonged to
the caste of Reddis, not
highborn but hardworking
and powerful.
 Vinoba looked at Ram, shook his head
slightly and said he did not believe him.
Ram Chandra asked for scrap of paper. He
wrote a sentence signing away fifty
hectares.
 3.

What was the paper’s importance for

Vinoba to believe that Ram Chandra was
giving away his land?
a. He wrote a sentence signing away fifty
hectares.
b. He wrote a sentence signing away his
autograph.
Vinoba, a man who almost never displayed

emotion, clapped his hands with joy.

 When Gandhi died many looked to Vinobo
for renewal of the spirit light they left had
gone out of their life.
 Millions speak him as the new Gandhi
though it is a comparison that does not
firall details.
 Millions speak him as the new Gandhi
though it is a comparison that does not
firall details.
Vinoba is a man of Religion.
Gandhi move men to mass action.
Vinoba moves them to individual
action.
 4.

What was the difference between Gandhi

and Vinoba?

a. They don’t have any differences.

b. Gandhi move men to mass action.
Vinoba moves them to individual action.
…
LET’S SEE…
 1.

In what exact date did the

economic movement start?

a. April 18, 1951

b. April 8, 1911
 2.

What problem was pochempelli

facing in 1951?

a. Sick with hunger and angry with landlessness.

b. The slow internet connection.
 3.

What was the paper’s importance for

Vinoba to believe that Ram Chandra was
giving away his land?
a. He wrote a sentence signing away fifty
hectares.
b. He wrote a sentence signing away his
autograph.
 4.

What was the difference between Gandhi

and Vinoba?

a. They don’t have any differences.

b. Gandhi move men to mass action.
Vinoba moves them to individual action.