INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

GS History Modern India
Q.

Consider the following statements regarding Kisan Movement-

1. In 1936, All India Kisan Congress was founded in Delhi, later on known as All India Kisan Sabha.

2. The Kisan Gazette was passed by M.N. Roy.

3. In 1937 the All India Kisan Sabha was organized in Faizpur.

4. Ramanand Tirth organized the peasants of Hyderabad.

Which among of the above statements are correct?

Explanation:
  • All India Kisan Sabha (All India Peasants Union, also known as the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha), was the name of the peasants front of the undivided Communist Party of India, an important peasant movement formed by Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936. The Kisan Sabha movement started in Bihar under the leadership of Sahajanand Saraswati who had formed in 1929 the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in order to mobilise peasant grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights, and thus sparking the farmers' movements in India. The Kisan Gazette was passed by Indulal Yagnik.

Thus, Option D is Correct.

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