Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha

Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha was founded in 1897 under the leadership of Raja Balwant Singh of Awagarh with Thakur Umarao Singh of Kotla and Raja Uday Pratap Singh of Bhinga.[1] It was formed to promote the interests of Kshatriya varna (caste) of the Indian society. Since 2004 Kunwar Haribansh Singh is Current National President.[2]

Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha
AbbreviationABKM
Formation19 October 1897 (1897-10-19)
FounderRaja Balwant Singh of Awaghar
TypeRajput and Vanniyar Community Organization
HeadquartersNew Delhi
Region
India
Key people
Kunwar Haribansh Singh (National President)

Raghvendra Singh โ€œRajuโ€ (Senior National General Secretary)

Bachan Singh Rana (National Co-ordinator)

Sukhveer Singh Bhadouriya (National General Secretary)

Jitendra Singh (National Consultant)
AffiliationsKashtriya, Rajputs.

Early years

Akhil Bhartiya Kshatriya Mahasabha came into existence on 19 Oct 1897, creating a platform to promote the cause of the Kashatriyas.[1] A news letter called ' Rajput Monthly' was launched in 1898. The association had its first conference in the Rajput Boarding House at Agra. Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh of Jammu & Kashmir sponsored the launching of an Urdu publication called the Rajput Gazette as a fortnightly form Lahore. At that time the princely states rulers and large zamindars held the sway and they started various schools and colleges in their territories for education and giving preference to students of Kshatriya community.[1]

At the time of its foundation in 1897, during British India, the Kshatriyas held commanding position in the society, however, after independence, the situation changed dramatically for the upper Kshatriya caste and its influential members. The princely states were merged into the Union of India and later Zamindari was also abolished and association was directionless. But immediately after independence of India in 1947, under president ship of Babu Ram Narayan a meeting was held at Ujjain and association was revived.[1]

Centenary

The centenary celebration of the association was held in 1987 at New Delhi under president-ship of Raja Digvijaysinhji Prajapsinhji Jhala.[1]

Activities

As back as in year 1980 the association demanded that reservation should be given on economic basis rather than on caste basis. Again in the year 2001, a memorandum containing lacs of signatures was submitted to Hon'ble President of India through District Collectors, demanding reservation on economic basis rather than on caste basis.[3] A nationwide rath yatra from Jammu to Kanyakumari demanding reservation on economic basis rather than on caste basis was flagged off in October 2010, which ended in March 2011. The association is today active in raising the issues related to Kshatriya community, for example in 2004 is launched a major campaign for released of various Kshatriya caste members jailed by Mayavati government.[4]

๐Š๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ข๐›๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ค๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐Š๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ก๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ’[5][2][6]

On February 22, 2004, for the first time in history, Honorable Kunwar Haribansh Singh was elected the national president in a three-day open session. Raja Maharajas were camped from all over the country. This session was a historical event in the history of the Kshatriyas. This three-day ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’แต—สฐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง was held in the grounds of ๐“.๐ƒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh in which Kunwar Haribansh Singh was elected. The administrator of the program was Raja Kunwar Maharaj Shripal Singh, Singramau King. The event witnessed the arrival of all the people from all over the country and the arrival of Raja Maharajas was overseen by the Former Home Minister of Maharashtra, Kripashankar Singh. Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency) Current MP Virendra Singh Mast was also present at that time. There was a crowd of over 25,000 people. The leader of the Kshatriyas was elected for the first time in the history of the country.[5][2][6]

๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ—แต—สฐ ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐š ๐๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ

On 09 May 2013, the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha demanded the chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav to announce a public holiday on 9 May, as it is the birth anniversary of legendary warrior Maharana Pratap. National President of Kshatriya Mahasabha, Kunwar Haribansh Singh had also written a letter to the Chief Minister saying that the sentiments of all the people of the Kshatriya society are related to the national pride Maharana Pratap, so like on his birth anniversary in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have a public holiday. So approve and declare a public holiday in Uttar Pradesh also. Singh said that he has also demanded the Chief Minister to provide five acres of land for the construction of Maharana Pratap Park, Museum, Hostel, Building and Research Institute in Lucknow[7] He told that if the government does not declare Maharana Pratap Jayanti a public holiday, he and his organization will protest and hunger strike till death.[8][9] As on May 9, 2013, under the auspices of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha, on the birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap, after garlanding the statue of Maharana Pratap in Hussainganj Chauraha, Lucknow. Staged a fast-unto-death in front of the Vidhan Bhavan, Lucknow in a continuous struggle with the slogan of "๐†๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐š๐ฅ๐จ, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐š ๐ƒ๐š๐š๐ฅ๐จ" in the state,[10][11][12] as a result of which the then chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav met the top officials of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha and approved their demands. The then chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav decided to declare Maharana Pratap Jayanti a public holiday on May 9 in year 2015. An order in this regard was also issued.[13][14] Later, in the meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha Managing Executive Working Committee on May 25, 2015 National President and former MP Kunwar Haribansh Singh congratulated chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav for declaring May 9 as a public holiday on Maharana Pratap Jayanti and also stated the other two demands to be completed soon.[15]

๐Š๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐š๐ซ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ข๐›๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ก ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ค๐ก๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐Š๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฒ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐š๐›๐ก๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—[5][2][6]

On 2nd July 2019, An open session meet of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha (Singramau) was concluded in Mumbai. On this occasion, former MP Kunwar Haribansh Singh was elected unopposed as National President. Also, Raghavendra Singh Raju was elected Senior National General Secretary and Colonel Bachan Singh Rana National Treasurer. The 61 members elected executive was also reshuffled. On this occasion, as a Chief Guest Cabinet minister of Maharashtra Government, Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal and Cabinet Minister status Chandan Singh Chandel, Former Home Minister Maharashtra Kripashankar Singh and the president and office bearers of the organization from 27 states were seen in thousands. Former Home minister of Maharashtra Kripashankar Singh said that Kunwar Haribansh Singh is the unopposed elected National President since 22 February 2004. He remained popular as a leader of Kshatriya society more than MP, my best wishes. [5][2][6]

Past Presidents

There are several notable persons since its inception, have headed the organization.[16]

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References
  1. Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha
  2. http://orahan.in/kunwar-harivansha-singh-mumbai/
  3. "Kshatriya Mahasabha opposes caste-based quota". The Tribune Chandigarh. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. The State, Democracy and Anti-Terror Laws in India By Ujjwal Kumar Singh. 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. http://berojgarokitoli.com/harivansh-singh-elected-unopposed-president-of-akhil-bhartiya-kshatriya-mahasabha/
  6. เค•เฅเคทเคคเฅเคฐเคฟเคฏ เคฎเคนเคพเคธเคญเคพ เค•เฅ‡ เคซเคฟเคฐ เคจเคฟเคฐเฅเคตเคฟเคฐเฅ‹เคง เคฐเคพเคทเฅเคŸเฅเคฐเฅ€เคฏ เค…เคงเฅเคฏเค•เฅเคท เคšเฅเคจเฅ‡ เค—เค เค•เฅเค‚ เคนเคฐเคฟเคตเค‚เคถ เคธเคฟเค‚เคน - เค…เคœเคฏ เค•เฅเคฎเคพเคฐ เคธเคฟเค‚เคน - https://parivartanchakra.page/FAAMJb.html
  7. http://upnewslive.com/?p=41212.
  8. https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/other-news/akhil-bhartiya-chhtriya-parishad-demandedholiday-on-maharana-pratap-jayanti-in-up/amp_articleshow/19970153.cms
  9. https://www.livehindustan.com/news/article/article1-story-331936.html
  10. https://www.livehindustan.com/news//article1-story-169644.html
  11. https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur-9332680.html
  12. https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/Lucknow-58162-124
  13. http://news.primarykamaster.com/2015/05/9_6.html?m=1
  14. https://m.patrika.com/lucknow-news/lucknow-akhilesh-government-declared-a-holiday-to-jayanti-of-the-maharana-pratap-1032438/
  15. http://www.jansandesh.com/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B2/2034
  17. https://m.patrika.com/lucknow-news/abkm-make-strategy-for-up-election-2017-in-national-convention-at-ravindralaya-charbagh-1339304/
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