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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 74 of 200

Q74
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha?
  1. a.Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
  2. b.N. G. Ranga
  3. c.Jawaharlal Nehru
  4. d.Jaya Prakash Narayan

Answer: (A) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha, founded in 1936 as the peasants' wing of the Communist Party of India. He was a prominent agrarian activist who fought for the rights of peasants in Bihar against zamindari oppression.