National Farmer’s Day / Kisan Divas
The National Farmers Day in India
is also known as Kisan Divas in Hindi. Kisan Divas is celebrated every year on 23 December on the birthday of 5th Prime Minister of India, Choudhary Charan Singh, also a farmer's leader, who introduced many
policies to improve the lives of the Indian farmers. It is
celebrated by organising various programs, debates, seminars, quiz
competitions, discussions, workshops, exhibitions, essays writing competitions
and functions.
Chaudhary Charan Singh is credited
with inventing and implementing the well-known Zamindari Abolition Act. He
united all peasants against landlords and moneylenders. He was a very efficient
writer and expressed his feelings about farmers and their problems and
solutions.
