The actual name of Vijay Singh Pathik was Bhoop Singh. He was born on24th March 1882 in the village Guthawali (Bulandshahar Uttar Pradesh). He, first of all, came in contact with Sachindra Sanyal who was a well-known revolutionary leader and thus his methodology of life became revolutionary forever.
Rash Behari Bose sent Bhoop Singh to Ajmer to collect the arms and to prepare a revolutionary background in Rajasthan. There, he was arrested and was imprisoned in Todgarh Fort. In March 2015, Bhoop Singh escaped from the Fort. He reached Bijolia, from there on, he was known as Vijay Singh Pathik.
On the invitation of Sadhu Sita Ram Das, he accepted to lead the Bijolia peasants movement. He led the Begun peasants’ movement (1921 – 25). In 1920, he worked as the editor for Rajasthan Kesari. In 1922, he published from Ajmer, Naveen Rajasthan, and later on, the name of the newspaper was changed to Tarun Rajasthan.
In 1930, he published from Agra, Nava Sandesh. His famous book is “What are Indian States?” After independence, he established Rajasthan Sewa Ashram,Vijay Singh Pathik is known as the father of Indian peasant movements including that of Rajasthan. He passed away on 28 May,1954.
