NATIONAL FARMERS’ DAY 2017 (KISAN DIWAS – CHOUDHARY CHARAN SINGH JAYANTI)

NATIONAL FARMERS’ DAY 2017 (KISAN DIWAS – CHOUDHARY CHARAN SINGH JAYANTI)

The 33rd National Farmers’ Day ,popularly known as Kisan Diwas, the National Farmers’ Day is a national occasion observed on 23^rd December every year. National Farmer’s Day is celebrated in the honor of the former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh

National Farmers Day or Kisan Diwas is celebrated in the honor of Chaudhary Charan Singh who was the fifth Prime Minister of India. He served the country as Prime Minister for a very short tenure starting from 28^th of July 1979 till 14^th January 1980. He was a very simple-minded man and led an extremely simple life. During his tenure as the Prime Minister, he introduced many policies to improve the life of Indian farmers. The magnetic personality of Chaudhary Charan Singh and various beneficial policies in the favor of farmers united all the farmers of India against the landlords and moneylenders. He followed the famous slogan ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ given by the 2^nd Prime Minister of India. Chaudhary Charan Singh was also a very successful writer and wrote down several books depicting his thoughts on farmers and their problems; he even came out with various solutions to improve the lives of farmers.

Chaudhary Charan belonged to the farmer’s family and thus he led an extremely simple life despite being the honorable Prime Minister of India. India is primarily the land of villages and majority of the population living in villages are farmers and agriculture is the main source of income for them. 70% of the Indian population still today thrives on the income generated through cultivation. India witnesses an interesting farming journey.

The green revolution during the 60s evolved in Punjab and Haryana transformed the agricultural picture of the country.This increased the productivity and thus India became self-sufficient in various agro-commodities.Farmers are the spine of India. The nation of lands, India celebrates Nationals Farmer’s Day every year on 23^rd of December to pay honor to the great work done by the farmers of our country.

The famous “Kishan Ghat” in New Delhi is dedicated to Chaudhary Charan Singh due to his involvement with the causes related to farmer’s communities in the North. He was an avid writer too and wrote down his thoughts on farmers and problems related to them along with the solutions.                                                                                             By Sangeeta