Q. During which year, Bakasht Movement was organised by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in Bihar?
Answer:
1937-39
Notes: Bakasht Movement was organised in Bihar during
1937-39. The movement was organised by Swami Sahajanand Saraswati in Bihar. The movement was against the eviction of tenants from Bakasht lands by zamindars and led to the passing of the Bihar Tenancy Act and the Bakasht Land Tax.
The Bakasht movement spread all over Bihar. Kisan Sabha actively organized and motivated the peasants in Bakasht movement. The annual conference of the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha held at Waini in Darbhanga in December 1938 resolved to protest the zamindars and fight for the tenant's rights in Bakasht land.