Question

______ was the leader of Kisan Sabha.
(A) Baba Ramchandra
(B) N.C. Ranga
(C) Swami Sahajnanda Saraswati
(D) Sane Guruji

Answer 1

Hint: The All India Kisan Sabha was a prominent peasant movement that began in the 20th century against the Zamindari system.
Today, it allows producers, peasants, and other agricultural and rural workers to promote their

Complete Solution Step by Step
Who What & When?
1. Sahajanand Saraswati who was the pioneer of the Bihar Kisan Sabha Movement and founder of Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) was the first President of the All India Kisan Sabha
2. All of India Kisan Sabha is a peasant front fighting for farmers' rights and the anti-feudal struggle in India.
3. It was established as All India Kisan Congress in 1936 at the Indian National Congress (INC) Lucknow Session.
4. After the split of the Communist Party of India in 1964, the front was also divided into two
               1. All India Kisan Sabha - Communist Party of India’s Peasant Wing
               2. All India Kisan Sabha - Communist Party of India-Marxist’s Peasant Front; also known as All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)
Motives:
              1. To abolish the Zamindari system,
              2. To reduce land revenue,
              3. To institutionalize credit.

(C) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati is the correct answer

Note
1. A large number of INC representatives were Zamindars’ themselves, while peasants and workers came from a different class.
2. Thus, this class clash within the INC was a hindrance to the adoption of all the schemes visualized by Gandhi, Nehru, and others.
3. Thus, by and wide, the INC failed to deliver on all the promises that they had claimed to uphold to the peasants.
4. The peasants thus became disillusioned with the government of the INC.
5. Thus, the All India Kisan Sabha felt misled by the INC, and that is why, when Mahatma Gandhi called for the Quit India Movement in 1942, peasant leaders such as Swami Sahajanand Saraswati appealed to the peasants not to help Gandhi or the INC.