Sahajanand Saraswati

Sahajanand Saraswati
Born	Naurang Rai (1889-02-22)22 February 1889 Deva, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died	26 June 1950(1950-06-26) (aged 61) Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
Occupation(s)	Social reformer, historian, philosopher, writer, ascetic, revolutionary, Farmer rights activist, politician

Sahajanand Saraswati (pronunciation^ⓘ, 22 February 1889 – 26 June 1950) was an ascetic, a nationalist and a peasant leader of India. Although born in United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh), his social and political activities focussed mostly on Bihar^[1] in the initial days, and gradually spread to the rest of India with the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha. He had set up an ashram at Bihta, near Patna, Bihar carried out most of his work in the later part of his life from there. He was an intellectual, prolific writer, social reformer and revolutionary.