PEASANT MOVEMENT

·   The UP Kisan Sabha was set up in February 1918 Mainly due to the efforts of the Home Rule activists by Gauri Shankar Mishra and Indra Narayan Dwivedi. Madan Mohan Malaviya supported their efforts. 

·        Nai-dhobi bandh were organised by the panchayats of Awadh in 1919 for depriving landlords of the services of even barbers and washer men in Pratapgarh district.

·    In Awadh, the peasants were led by Baba Ramchandra and established “Awadh Kisan Sabha” in 1920.

·     Eka Movement, 1921-22 was basically against the higher rent, generally higher than 50% of the recorded rent. Demand for modification in rent.

·      All India Kisan Sabha  an important peasant movement, started in Bihar, formed by Sahajanand Saraswati(president) in 1936. First session held at Lucknow.

·    Khudai Khidmatgar (North-west Frontier Province) -  Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

·   The Bardoli Satyagraha(Gujarat), 1928 was eventually led by Vallabhbhai Patel to reduce the taxes for the year in face of the calamities. It was women of bardoli who bestowed him the title of Sardar for the first time by Gandhiji.

·        Bengal Tenant Party (1929-37)  led by A. K. Fazlul Huq

·        Bakasht Movement(Bihar) led by Swami Shradhananda Saraswati.

·     The Tebhaga movement(1946-47) was an independence campaign initiated in Bengal by the Kisan Sabha demanding to reduce the share given to landlords from ½ to 1/3.

·   The Bhoodan Movement or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India, started by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1951 at Pochampally village in Telangana.