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Abstract

This deals with one of the most memorable parts of Sahajanand’s life story. With the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha in 1936, Sahajanand emerged as the topmost peasant leader, and in the process he made a serious attempt to build the Kisan Sabha as an independent and militant organization. With the formation of the Congress Ministry in 1937 and their anti-peasant policy, he held many demonstrations against the Bihar Government. He led the Anti-Compromise Conference in 1940 with the support of Subhas Chandra Bose. In the process, he also tried to work out the consolidation of the left, but to no avail. All this led to his imprisonment in April 1940. He was released from jail in March 1942. Towards the end, Sahajanand makes it clear that he stands for social, political, and economic revolution.