Swami Sahjanand Saraswati

March 15, 2023

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was an ascetic, a nationalist and a peasant leader of India.
He played an important role in organizing non-cooperation movement in Shahabad district of Bihar and Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.
From 1924 to 1928 his activities centered on the propagation of Khadi and prohibition.
He established a Khadi weaving center at Simri and an Ashram for political and Sanskrit teaching at Bihata.
The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) was founded by Saraswati in 1929 to address peasants’ complaints about zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights, and served as the foundation for the farmers’ movements in India.
The All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was established at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936, with Saraswati chosen as its first President.
He organised the Bakasht Movement in Bihar during 1937-38.
He along with other literary personalitites published a Hindi weekly, Hunkar from Patna.