WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ranga joined the freedom movement inspired by Gandhi’s clarion call in 1930. He led the ryot agitation in 1933. He wrote a book, Bapu Blesses, about his discussions with Gandhi. In the course of the Indian freedom struggle, he led the historic Ryot Agitation of Andhra in 1933.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress’s increasingly socialist and statist outlook.

Detailed explanation-3: -All these radical developments on the peasant front culminated in the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in April 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati elected as its first President.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu, also known as N. G. Ranga is regarded as the father of the Indian Peasant movement. He was an exponent of the peasant philosophy, Indian freedom fighter, classical liberal, parliamentarian and farmer leader. He is the founding president of Swatantra Party.

Detailed explanation-5: -Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963.