Question

Who among the following was/were peasant leaders(s) from Bihar?

I. Swami Vivekananda

II. Swami Sahajananda

III. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 

Choose the correct option from the following.

1. I and II
2. II and III
3. I and III
4. II only

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : II only

The correct answer is II only.

• Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was a peasant leader from Bihar.
  • He was a versatile genius performing several roles during his entire working career, such as linguist, polymath, sociologist, historian, philosopher, writer, grammarian, ascetic, revolutionary, Marxist, and politician.
  • Swami Sahajanand formed a smaller Kisan Sabha in the Patna district in association with a formal organizational structure.
  • Later in 1929, he established the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS).
  • All India Kisan Sabha was formed at Lucknow. Swami Shahjanand Saraswati was appointed as its President.

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born in Nadiad District Kheda and raised in the countryside of the state of Gujarat.
  • He was the Indian barrister, politician, and one of the leading figures of the country during the Indian freedom movement.
  • During the first three years of Indian independence after 1947, he served as Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister, Minister of Information, and Minister of State.
  • He led the Congress Party in the 1937 elections and was a major contender for the post of Congress President for 1937 but due to Gandhi's pressure, Patel withdrew his nomination and Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as the Congress President.
• Swami Vivekananda was a spiritual leader and reformer in India and was born into an upper-middle-class family of the Kayastha (scribes) caste in Bengal.
  • He joined the Brahmo Samaj (Society of Brahma), dedicated to eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and determined to spread education among women and the lower castes.
  • He later became the most notable disciple of Ramakrishna, who demonstrated the essential unity of all religions.
  • Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at the monastery of Belur Math on the Ganges (Ganga) River near Calcutta (now Kolkata).
  • He adapted and made relevant to the 20th century the very highest ideals of the Vedantic religion.