Q. Who was the prominent leader of Kisan Sabha movement in Bihar?
a) Acharya Narendra Dev
b) Sahajanand Saraswati
c) Raj Kumar Shukla
d) Baba Ram Chandra
Correct Answer : b) Sahajanand Saraswati
Question from BPSC PT 71, 2025
Correct Answer: b) Sahajanand Saraswati
Explanation:
– Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the foremost leader of the Kisan Sabha movement in Bihar. He founded the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929 to organize peasants against zamindari oppression and later helped form the All India Kisan Sabha (1936).
– Raj Kumar Shukla was associated with the Champaran Indigo movement (Bihar) but not the Kisan Sabha leadership.
– Baba Ram Chandra led the peasant movement in Awadh (Oudh), not Bihar.
– Acharya Narendra Dev was a socialist leader associated more with the Congress Socialist Party and peasant movements in UP.