Question

Why was baba Ramachandran famous?

Answer 1

Baba Ram Chandra (born 1864) was an Indian trade unionist who organised the farmers of Oudh, India into forming a united front to fight against the abuses of landlords in 1920s and 1930s. He was also an influential figure in the history of Fiji, and owed his inspiration to take up the cause of the down-trodden to his 12 years as an indenturedlabourer in Fiji and to his efforts to end the indenture system. His real name was Shridhar Balwant Jodhpurkar. He was a Brahmin, of Maharashtrian origin. He left for Fiji as an indentured labourer in 1904 after changing his name to Ram Chandra Rao in order to conceal his identity as a Brahmin, since Brahmins were not preferred as indentured labourers. He is one of the prime characters in Kamla Kant Tripathi's history based novel "Bedakhal". He died in 1947.

Answer 2

he led a peasant's movement in awadh against talukdars and landlords . in October 1920, he formed Oudh sabha with the help of Nehru