Shri Baldev Ramji Mirdha was born on 17 January 1889 in a farmer’s family in village Kuchera in district Nagaur of Rajasthan. He passed the Matric examination and joined service in the former Jodhpur State. By dint of hard work and honestly, he rose to become a high police official. His interest and commitment however lay elsewhere.
Baldev
Ramji Mirdha was a great social worker and made it the foundation of
his political work. He started a movement for helping the backward
classes and enabling them to take water from the village well. He
started a movement for the abolition of customs like feasts after death.
These activities enraged the entrenched leaders of society who carried
on a tirade against him. He believed that education was necessary for
liberating an individual and started a number of schools and hostels in
rural areas. Students from these institutions are at the forefront of
the political and social life of the State. His various activities for
organizing the kisans fighting for their right to be masters of the land
that they cultivated earned him the title of “Kisan Kesari”. He died on 25 August 1953 in harness while going to address a Kisan conference.
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