2015-12-23 Wed

The birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, ex-Prime Minister, on December 23rd every year is observed as Farmer’s Day (Kisan Divas). He was primarily a farmer. India is a land of villages and most of the people residing in villages are farmers. Agriculture employs more than half of the Indian population and farmers are the backbone of the nation.

Chaudhary Charan Singh was a true son of the soil and contributed a lot to improvement of the Indian farmers. Chaudhary Charan Singh is credited for the formulation and implementation of the famous Zamindari Abolition Act. He also introduced an Agricultural Produce Market Bill for the welfare of the farmers.

Charan Singh passed away on 29 May 1987. Kisan Divas is the recognition of his valuable services rendered to the farmers of India. Entire India celebrates Farmers day. New policies concerning farming, agriculture, seeds etc are also announced by the governments. . Members of the rural community and farmers organize agricultural shows and pay tribute to their beloved leader.

Kisan Divas is an acknowledgement of Chaudhary Charan Singh’s vision of a strong and independent Indian farmer.

The agricultural spirit of the nation is depicted on our banknotes and coins as well. The sons of the soil are depicted on the INR 5 bank note where a farmer is shown tilling the land with a tracker, INR 100 bank note depicts various agricultural activities like tilling, harvesting, etc, and a INR 1 coin has the crop depicted on it.

Jai Jawan Jai Kisan!