1882–1954
Vijay Singh Pathik
Freedom fighter & peasant-movement leader
Vijay Singh Pathik was a revolutionary and social reformer who led the Bijolia Kisan Andolan, one of India's earliest organised peasant movements, in the region around Bhilwara and the Hadoti belt. He mobilised farmers against oppressive feudal levies and became a towering figure of the freedom struggle in Rajasthan.
His work in the Hadoti region connected the local peasantry to the wider national movement for independence.
Contribution to Kota
He gave the farmers of the Hadoti–Mewar region a political voice, pioneered non-violent peasant agitation in India, and left a legacy of social reform still honoured across the region.