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• Suddenly Shri Ram Chandra stood up and offered 80 acres of land to be distributed among 80 landless villagers. This act was known as Bhoodan. • Later he travelled and introduced ❑The word Bhoodan derives from the two word Bhoomi his ideas widely all over India. which means land and Dan which means to donate. • Some Zamindars offered to ❑The word Gramdan derives from the two words Gram distribute some villages among the which means village and Dan which means to donate landless. This is Gramdan • However, many Zamindars chose to provide some part of their land to the poor farmers due to the fear of losing it under the land ceiling act

• The Bhoodan – Gramdan movement, initiated by Vinoba Bhave is known as a bloodless revolution as it bought change without the use of violence and bloodshed

How was Bhoodan practiced ? • Landless labourers were given small plots of land on which they were welcome to settle and grow crops. • Bhoodan acts were passed restricting the beneficiaries from selling the land they received or use it for non agricultural purposes. • For e.g. : - Section 25 of the Maharashtra state Bhoodan act states that the beneficiary (who must be landless) should only use the land for subsistence cultivation. • If the “owner” failed to cultivate the land for over a year or used it for non agricultural activities, the government would have the right to confiscate it

• Bhave wanted peasants to give up using bullocks, tractors or other machines for agricultural purposes. This was called Rishi Kheti. • He also wanted people to give up •Rishi Kheti is Non violent using money in the form of farming without the use Dan of chemical pKesatincidcehs oar n fertilizers •Kanchan means gold. Here Kanchan Dan means donation of wealth or money

Important Questions and Answers 1) Who declared Vinoba Bhave as his Spiritual heir? Ans) Mahatma Gandhi 2) What did Shri Ram Chandra Reddy do? What was it called? Ans) Shri Ram Chandra stood up and offered 80 acres of land to be distributed among 80 landless villagers. This act was known as Bhoodan.

3)What is Gramdan? Ans) Some Zamindars offered to distribute some villages among the landless. This is Gramdan



























Questions 1. Write the states that affected by famine any two? Ans : Bihar, west Bengal, Orissa. Etc….. 2. What is PDS Full form ? Ans: Initial public Distribution system scheme

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POWER POINT PRESENTATION ON FIBER CROPS --COTTON CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION TO COTTON. • HOW COTTON IS CULTIVATED. • HOW IT IS OBTAINED. • THE USES OF COTTON. • HOW WE GET COTTON FROM PLANTS. • MAJOR PLACES OF COTTON GROWTH IN THE WORLD.

INTRODUCTION OF COTTON. • Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.

HOW COTTON IS CULTIVATED. • The Growth Process: Cotton is planted in the spring, when temperatures reach around 60 degrees, and grows best in fertile, well-drained soil. ... Cotton is harvested, compressed and sent to gins where they separate the fibers from the seeds. The fibers are baled, purchased by mills then spun into thread.

HOW COTTON IS OBTAINED • It is obtained by picking, ginning,spinning methods. • 1)It is handpicked from cotton plant in the form of cotton bolls. • 2)The fibres are separated from seeds by ginning. • This is how get cotton from cotton plant.

1. Cotton is obtained from fruits of cotton plant and jute is obtained from stem of the jute plant. The two items that are made from coconut fiber are ropes and mat. 2. Cotton is a natural, soft fiber that grows with the seeds of the cotton plant. (Fiber is long and thin, like hair.) After, the cotton fiber is gathered from the plant, it can be spun into cotton thread. The cotton thread can then be made into cloth. The cloth can be used to make clothes for people and many other things. People often wear cotton clothing, especially in hot weather. Bandages are usually cotton.

THE USES OF COTTON-- • It is basically used for every type of clothing from jackets to normal shirts. • In home,it finds its use in bed sheets and curtains. • Its seed oil is used in food and cosmetics. • It is also used in coffee filters. • It's seeds are fed to cattle and crushed to make oil,rubber and plastics.



HOW WE GET COTTON FROM PLANTS- • Cotton seeds are planted in spring and the plant grows into green, bushy shrubs about one metre in height. The plants briefly grow pink and cream coloured flowers that, once pollinated, drop off and are replaced with fruit, better known as cotton bolls.

MAJOR PLACES OF COTTON GROWTH IN THE WORLD-- For the season 2019/2020 the Top 10 cotton producers are are 1.  India, 2.  China, 3. United States,  4. Brazil,  5. Pakistan 6. ,Turkey, 7. Usbekistan, 8. Mexico,