Correct Answer - Option 1 : Lucknow
The Correct answer is Lucknow.
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The Kisan Sabha movement was started in Bihar under the leadership of Sahajanand Saraswati.
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It was formed in 1929 by the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in order to mobilise peasant and vocalise their grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights and thus sparking the farmers' movements in India.
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Gradually the peasant movement intensified and spread across the rest of India.
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The formation of Congress Socialist Party (CSP) in 1934 helped the Communists to work together with the INC, however temporarily, then in April 1935, noted peasant leaders N. G. Ranga and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, then secretary and joint secretary respectively of South Indian Federation of Peasants and Agricultural Labour suggested the formation of an all-India farmers body.
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Soon all these radical developments culminated in the formation of the AIKS at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress on 11 April 1936 with Saraswati elected as its first President, and it involved people such as Ranga, Namboodiripad, Karyanand Sharma, Yamuna Karjee, Yadunandan (Jadunandan) Sharma, Rahul Sankrityayan, P. Sundarayya, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev and Bankim Mukherjee.
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The Kisan Manifesto released in August 1936, demanded the abolition of the zamindari system and cancellation of rural debts, and in October 1937, it adopted the red flag as its banner. Soon, its leaders became increasingly distant with Congress and repeatedly came into confrontation with Congress governments, in Bihar and United Province.
Some facts about All India Kisan Sabha are given in the list below:
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The All India Kisan Sabha was formed in 1936 at Lucknow.
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All India Kisan Sabha is also known as ‘Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sabha.’
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Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the head of the Sabha.
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The secretary of this association was NG Ranga.
