Question

Who among the following was linked closely with Kisan Sabha Movement in 1930s?
1. Swami Vidyananda
2. Swami Sahajananda
3. Baba Ramananda 
4.  Sardar Patel

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Swami Sahajananda

The correct answer is Swami Sahajananda.

• Swami Sahajanand, the militant founder of the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (1929), was elected the President, and N.G.Ranga, the pioneer of the Kisan movement in Andhra and renowned scholar of the agrarian problem, the General Secretary.
• The main features of the Kisan movements were that they led to post-independence agrarian reforms. Even though the demands of these movements were only related to immediate economic grievances and not the national struggle but they were important.
  • The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) mobilize peasant grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights and thus sparking the farmers' movements in India.
• Sahajanand Saraswati (real name Navrang Rai) was an ascetic, a nationalist, and a peasant leader of India.
  • He also organized the Bakasht Movement in Bihar in 1937–1938. "Bakasht" means self-cultivated.
  • The movement was against the eviction of tenants from Bakasht lands by zamindars and led to the passing of the Bihar Tenancy Act and the Bakasht Land Tax.
  • He also led the successful struggle in the Dalmia Sugar Mill at Bihta.