Born in Kuchera village in Nagaur district of Rajasthan in 1889 in a Hindu family, Baldev Ram Mirdha was a great social reformer of the Marwar region in Rajasthan, India.
Personal Profile of Baldev Ram Mirdha
His father’s name was Mangla Ram ji and his family was given the work of Department of Post and Telegraph.
Baldev Ram Mirdha completed his study in Jodhpur. After the completion of education, he got many opportunities to work on several good government posts like sub-inspector in police department, reader of Inspector General, Superintendent of Police and Deputy Inspector General ,where he could work easily.
But being on a higher post in Government, he realized the problems of the farmers of the Marwar region of Rajasthan and resigned from his post for the cause of poor farmers.
Social Works of Baldev Ram Mirdha
The time when Jagirdars were in the Council of Ministers and were on other important posts, which gave them effective leverage, Baldev Ram Mirdha came on the scene as the philosopher and friend of the poor farmers .
He was a wise tactician, therefore, he worked a lot to spread of education among farmers and also worked to eradicate social evils from the soceity. He had deep understanding of society in the Marwar region.
He devoted his life to remove social evils like untouchability, child marriage, woman illiteracy, indebt ness, poverty, backwardness, intoxication, dissipation, bad customs etc. This would not ostensibly give cause of offence to the bureaucracy and the Jagirdars.
Established the “Marwar Kisan Sabha
He established the “Marwar Kisan Sabha” which further became a mighty organization working for the benefits of poor farmers in a couple of years.
He was the first President of “Rajathan Kisan Sabha”. Since the broad objectives of the Kisan Sabha and the congress were identical, the congress leaders approached Baldev Ram Mirdha to unite the Rajasthan Kisan Sabha with the Congress. Baldev Ram Mirdha was a visionary and he realized that the two could not and should not remain separate.
Therefore, he just made one demand from the national leaders that the Jagirs be abolished forthwith in Rajasthan. This was agreed to by the congress high Command with the result that the two organizations.
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