Peasant Movement and Kisan Sabha

31. The demand for the Tebhaga Peasant Movement in Bengal was for: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third
(b) The grant of ownership of land to peasants as they were the actual cultivators of the land
(c) The uprooting of the Zamindari System and the end of serfdom
(d) Writing off all peasant debts

Correct Answer: (a) The reduction of the share of the landlords from one-half of the crop to one-third

Solution:The Tebhaga Peasant Movement was initiated in Bengal in 1946 by the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha to implement the recommendations of the Flood Commission, which asked for sharecroppers to give one-third of their harvest to the landowner instead of the one-half they were paying at that time. In its response, the Bargadari Act was passed, which provided that sharecroppers pay only one-third of their harvest to the landlords. The Movement mostly affected the districts of Northern Bengal.

32. The Tebhaga Movement was started in 1946 from Bengal under the leadership of: [66th B.P.S.C. Re-Exam (Pre) 2020]

Correct Answer: (b) Kisan Sabha

Solution:The Tebhaga movement was a peasant agitation started in Bengal in 1946 by Kisan Sabha. At that time, sharecroppers had contracted to give half of their harvest to the landlords. The demand of Tebhaga (sharing by third) movement was to reduce the landlord's share to one-third.

33. Who gave Vallabhbhai Patel the title of 'Sardar'? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1997]

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Pandit Nehru
(c) Maulana Azad
(d) Kasturba

Correct Answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi

Solution:The Kisan Movement at Bardoli was successful in the leadership of Vallabhbhai Patel. On behalf of the women of Bardoli, Mahatma Gandhi gave him the title of 'Sardar.'

34. Mahatma Gandhi gave the title of 'Sardar' to Vallabhbhai Patel for his great organizational skills in: [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2011]

(a) The Kheda Satyagraha
(b) The Bardoli Satyagraha
(c) The Salt Satyagraha
(d) The Individual Satyagraha

Correct Answer: (b) The Bardoli Satyagraha

Solution:The Kisan Movement at Bardoli was successful in the leadership of Vallabhbhai Patel. On behalf of the women of Bardoli, Mahatma Gandhi gave him the title of 'Sardar.'

35. Who was connected with the Bihar Kisan Sabha? [64th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Solution:Peasant Movement in Bihar was started under the leadership of Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. He founded the Bihar Kisan Sabha in 1929. He was helped by Karyanand Sharma, Rahul Sankrityayan, Panchanan Sharma, Yadunandan Sharma, and many other communist leaders to bring that movement at the village level.

36. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati formed the All India United Kisan Sabha with the demand for the ‘nationalization of land and waterways’: [56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

(a) Just before his death
(b) At a very young age
(c) In the 1930s
(d) In the 1920s

Correct Answer: (a) Just before his death

Solution:Swami Sahajananda Saraswati formed the All India United Kisan Sabha with the demand for the 'Nationalization of land and waterways' just before his death (in 1950). The All India Kisan Sabha was formed in April 1936 at Lucknow with Swami Sahajanand as President. Sahajanand, just before his death, focused on the future Peasant Movement by forming an All-India United Kisan Sabha (AIUKS) whose basic demand was the Nationalization of land and waterways and all sources of energy and wealth.