Kisan Sabha (1919-1922)

The Kisan Sabha (Peasant Association) was a protest movement in the present-day Indian state of Uttar Pradesh that took place between 1919 and 1922. It involved numerous agricultural caste groups.[1] The Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha was formed in year 1918 in Lucknow by Gauri Shankar Mishra, Indra Narayan Dwivedi and Madan Mohan Malviya.

For the later Kisan Sabha, begun in 1936, see All India Kisan Sabha.

References
  1. Rawat, Ramnarayan S. (2011). Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India. Indiana University Press. pp. 12–15. ISBN 978-0-25322-262-6.
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