Prof. N.G. RANGA

The life and works of N. G. Ranga, and what intelligentia of society have to say about him, provide us insights into the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of a leader who championed many a cause without evervying for political power

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The Father of the Indian Peasant Movement

The Hindu reports, “Prof. Ranga, who has given a dozen volumes on the peasant and his problems in India and abroad, is in a real sense the father of the Indian Peasant Movement. He has dedicated the major part of his public life to the cause of the Indian Peasant.” After noting that the Indian Peasant Movement hasn’t been rightly understood and hence misrepresented, V. V. Giri (President of India 1969-74) observes: “Andhra Desa has the proud privilege of having in its midst the real author and leader of the peasant movement. Professor Ranga, who requires no introduction, has contributed. . . , being the pioneer, to the building up of this movement throughout the length and breadth of this country. He gave an ‘all India’ aspect of the movement by organising a peasant group of thirty-five fellow members of the Legislative Assembly representing the different provinces.”

In the review of Ranga’s Credo of World Peasantry, The Hindu comments: “In the present volume, Ranga sets forth exactly what the title indicates— a credo of world peasantry…. This book covers almost every aspect of the agrarian problem…. The book is instructive and thought-provoking.

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