The Role of Kisan Kirti Party in National Movment

Abstract

Various factor and influences contributed to the emergence of the Kirti Kisan party. The Hijrat Movement, the Russian revolution1917, the Gandhi policy of Swaraj, economic and social condition of Punjab. The formation of the Kirti Kisan party in 1927 provided further impetus to the growth of the revolutionary movement in Punjab. The Kirti had to the direct contact with the Communist international and received its support.
The Kirti -Kisan, it tried to bring about a new awaking among the workers,
peasants and the intelligentsia by disseminating Marxist ideas. it tried to unite
them on the basis of an economic programme and on the lines of class struggle
in the latter phase .The Kisan –Kirti party concentrated on practical work and
launched agitation in support of some of the progressive demands of the peasantry such as abolition of ‘nazrana’ and reduction in land revenue, water tax and
the like. It was successful in organising a strong peasant movement in the state
on the basis of these demands. In this process, it extended the freedom movement to the villages and helped the congress to penetrate the rural areas.