All India Kisan Sabha

For the earlier Kisan Sabha, see Kisan Sabha (1919-1922). For the farmers' wing of CPIM, see All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane).

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
Formation11 April 1936 (88 years ago) (1936-04-11), Lucknow, United Province, British Raj
TypePeasant Organisation
HeadquartersAjoy Bhavan, 15, Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi, India-110002
Location
  • India
National President
Rajan Kshirsagar
General Secretary
R. Venkaiah
AffiliationsCommunist Party of India

All India Kisan Sabha (abbr. AIKS; lit. All India Farmers Union, also known as the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha), is the peasant or farmers' wing of the Communist Party of India, an important peasant movement formed by Sahajanand Saraswati in 1936.[1][2]

  1. ^ Bandyopādhyāya, Śekhara (2004). From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India. Orient Longman. pp. 523 (at p 406). ISBN 978-81-250-2596-2.
  2. ^ "75 Years of AIKS: A Saga of Glory". newageweekly.in.