Mahendra Singh Tikait | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Sisauli, United Provinces, British India | 6 October 1935
Died | 15 May 2011 Sisauli, Uttar Pradesh, India | (aged 75)
Political party | Janata Dal |
Children | 4 including Rakesh Tikait |
Profession | Farmer, Politician |
Mahendra Singh Tikait (6 October 1935[1] – 15 May 2011) was an Indian farmer leader from the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in 1935 at village Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar District of Uttar Pradesh. He was President of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU).[1] Mahendra Singh Tikait died in Muzaffarnagar on 15 May 2011 from bone cancer at the age of 75.[2] Tikait had become the Chaudhary of Baliyan Khap, at the age of eight after his father's death.[1]
In January 2021, Mahendra Singh Tikait's two sons organized a protest against new farm laws, with Naresh Tikait being BKU's chief and Rakesh Tikait its spokesperson.[3]