| Names |
Swami SAHAJANAND
SARASWATI |
| Date of
Birth |
February 22, 1889
- Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Date of
Death |
June 25, 1950 |
|
Profession / Traits / Activities |
Indian
Revolutionary, Social Reformer, Writer, Historian, Intellectual |
| Developments / Events |
- One of the principle and
significant leaders of peasantry in
Bihar.
- He was a brilliant intellectual
and a striking master of debate.
- Overall, he was ectremely
versatile personality.
- 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 (CPI), an important
peasant movement formed by
Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936,
and which later split into two
organisations.
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Commemorations |
- The Government of India issued a
commemorative stamp in
commemoration of Saraswati on
26 June 2000 by Ram
Vilas Paswan, the then Minister of
Communications.
- The Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) gives
the Swamy Sahajanand
Saraswati Extension Scientist/
Worker Award.
- Bihar Governor R. S. Gavai
released a book on the life
of Saraswati on his 57th
death anniversary in Patna.
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