Who among the following was/were peasant leader(s) from Bihar? I. Swami Vidyananda  II. Swami Sahajananda  II. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Who among the following was/were peasant leader(s) from Bihar? I. Swami Vidyananda  II. Swami Sahajananda  II. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Correct Answer only II is true

  • Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was a leader of Bihar Peasants. The Bihar Kisan Sabha was formed by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati.
  • The All India Kisan Congress/Sabha was founded in Lucknow in April 1936 with Swami Sahjanand Saraswati as its president and N.G. Ranga as general secretary.
  • Later it was renamed as All India Kissan Sabha.
  • Swami Sahjanand, just before his death, set up a separate All-India United Kisan Sabha whose fundamental demand was ‘the nationalisation of land and waterways and all sources of energy and wealth.
  • ​Swami Sahjanand Saraswati was a sanyasi and a great evolutionary thinker, born in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. Sahjanand Day is observed throughout Bihar on 19th April.
  • He came to be addressed as ‘Kisan Pran’ (life of Kisans) by his Kisan Sabha followers.

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