Who among the following was/were peasant leaders(s) from Bihar? I. Swami Vivekananda II. Swami Sahajananda III. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Choose the correct option from the following.
Who among the following was/were peasant leaders(s) from Bihar? I. Swami Vivekananda II. Swami Sahajananda III. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Choose the correct option from the following. Correct Answer II only
The correct answer is II only.
Key Points
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was a peasant leader from Bihar.
- He was a versatile genius performing several roles during his entire working career, such as linguist, polymath, sociologist, historian, philosopher, writer, grammarian, ascetic, revolutionary, Marxist, and politician.
- Swami Sahajanand formed a smaller Kisan Sabha in the Patna district in association with a formal organizational structure.
- Later in 1929, he established the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS).
- All India Kisan Sabha was formed at Lucknow. Swami Shahjanand Saraswati was appointed as its President.
Additional Information
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born in Nadiad District Kheda and raised in the countryside of the state of Gujarat.
- He was the Indian barrister, politician, and one of the leading figures of the country during the Indian freedom movement.
- During the first three years of Indian independence after 1947, he served as Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister, Minister of Information, and Minister of State.
- He led the Congress Party in the 1937 elections and was a major contender for the post of Congress President for 1937 but due to Gandhi's pressure, Patel withdrew his nomination and Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as the Congress President.
- Swami Vivekananda was a spiritual leader and reformer in India and was born into an upper-middle-class family of the Kayastha (scribes) caste in Bengal.
- He joined the Brahmo Samaj (Society of Brahma), dedicated to eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and determined to spread education among women and the lower castes.
- He later became the most notable disciple of Ramakrishna, who demonstrated the essential unity of all religions.
- Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at the monastery of Belur Math on the Ganges (Ganga) River near Calcutta (now Kolkata).
- He adapted and made relevant to the 20th century the very highest ideals of the Vedantic religion.
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