Previous Year Question

Indra Narayan Dwivedi was associated with the formation of the United Provinces Kisan Sabha in 1918.

The United Provinces Kisan Sabha (U.P. Kisan Sabha) was founded in February 1918 under the leadership of Gauri Shankar Mishra and Indra Narayan Dwivedi. The organisation also received active support from Madan Mohan Malaviya.

It was formed at a time when discontent among peasants in the United Provinces was increasing over high rents, eviction, illegal dues and zamindari exploitation. Kisan Sabhas attempted to provide an organised platform for raising these agrarian grievances.

The organisation expanded rapidly. By June 1919, it had around 450 branches, indicating the widespread demand for organised peasant mobilisation in the rural areas of the United Provinces.

It is important to distinguish the United Provinces Kisan Sabha of 1918 from the later Oudh Kisan Sabha of 1920. The peasant movement in Awadh was prominently led by Baba Ramchandra, while Jawaharlal Nehru also became actively involved with peasant grievances in the countryside in 1920.

Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was principally associated with the peasant movement in Bihar. He later became the first President of the All India Kisan Sabha, founded in 1936.

Therefore, among the given options, the leader directly associated with the formation of the United Provinces Kisan Sabha in 1918 was Indra Narayan Dwivedi.