Who among the following presided over the first session of All India Kisan Sabha in Lucknow in April 1936?
- (a)Sahajananda Saraswati
- (b)R. G. Ranga
- (c)Ram Manohar Lohia
- (d)Jayaprakash Narayan
Correct — A, Sahajananda Saraswati. The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was founded at its first session in Lucknow in April 1936, and Swami Sahajanand Saraswati — the Bihar-based sanyasi who had built the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha from 1929 — presided over it as its first president. He was the leading organiser of the all-India peasant movement of the 1930s, which is why the founding session was held under his chairmanship.
- (b)R. G. Ranga — N. G. Ranga (given here as 'R. G. Ranga'), the Andhra peasant leader, was the general secretary of the AIKS, not the president of its first session — that was Sahajanand Saraswati.
- (c)Ram Manohar Lohia — Ram Manohar Lohia was a socialist leader associated with the Congress Socialist Party; he did not preside over the first Kisan Sabha session.
- (d)Jayaprakash Narayan — Jayaprakash Narayan was a founder of the Congress Socialist Party (1934) and supported peasant causes, but he did not preside over the AIKS founding session.
The All India Kisan Sabha was the first organised all-India peasant front, founded in Lucknow in April 1936 to press for tenancy reform, abolition of zamindari and relief from agrarian debt. It grew out of provincial peasant sabhas, especially the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha led by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati.
Two names anchor the AIKS: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as its first president, and N. G. Ranga as its general secretary. The distractors (Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan) belong to the socialist current that overlapped with, but is distinct from, the peasant-sabha leadership.
- The All India Kisan Sabha was founded at Lucknow in April 1936, with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as its first president.
- N. G. Ranga, the Andhra peasant leader, was the AIKS general secretary.
- The AIKS issued a Kisan manifesto and demanded abolition of zamindari and reduction of rents.
- Sahajanand Saraswati had earlier founded the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929.
- Do not confuse the 1936 All India Kisan Sabha with the earlier UP Kisan Sabha (1918) or the Awadh Kisan Sabha (1920).
- N. G. Ranga was the general secretary, not the president of the first session.
Asked as who founded or presided over the first All India Kisan Sabha session, or by matching the AIKS to its leader.
Consider the following pairs (Movement/Organization — Leader): 1. All India Anti-Untouchability League — Mahatma Gandhi; 2. All India Kisan Sabha — Swami Sahajanand Saraswati; 3. Self-Respect Movement — E. V. Ramaswami Naicker. Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 1 and 2 only
- (c) 2 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(d) 1, 2 and 3 — all three pairs are correctly matched
Directly pairs the All India Kisan Sabha with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati — the same leader-to-organisation link this question tests (the same pair-set also covers the Self-Respect Movement of Q77).
- practice — not a real PYQ
The All India Kisan Sabha was founded in 1936 at
- (a)Lucknow
- (b)Patna
- (c)Bombay
- (d)Faizpur
Answer(a) Lucknow — at its first session in April 1936.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Who was the general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha founded in 1936?
- (a)Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- (b)N. G. Ranga
- (c)Baba Ramchandra
- (d)Indulal Yagnik
Answer(b) N. G. Ranga — the Andhra peasant leader, while Sahajanand Saraswati was president.