V. Ramachandra Reddy

Who is V. Ramachandra Reddy?

Vedre Ramachandra Reddy was, in 1951, the first landlord to donate land to the poor as part of the Bhoodan movement in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Vedre Ramachandra Reddy got his title " Bhoodhan " as he was the foremost person to help start the great land donation movement in early 1950s in Andhra Pradesh at a village called Pochampally in the Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh. He was a great social worker and noble man. Acharya Vinobha Bhave started the land donation movement in Pochampally village in April 1951 with initiation of donation of 250 acres of land from Ramachandra Reddy Vedre, which led to a total of 1 million acres of land donation and distribution among the poor in post independence era in India.

Ramachandra Reddy Vedre was born on July 13, 1905 and died on December 9, 1986. He helped set up a bhoodhan movement in pochampally which is maintained under a bhoodhan trust movement till date with the help of his sons.

Ramachandra Reddy was born into a very prominent family during the Nizam Rule in Deccan. He completed his law/Barrister training in Feguson Law college in Pune, After practicing for a few years, he resigned after he was fed up with British system and joined social reform and helped initiate Land Donation movement in Pochampally in Andhra Pradesh.