Southern Division Kisan Sangh

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Due to personal differences with the president of the Rewa Planters Union, Ram Krishna Chaudhary, in 1946 a former member of parliament, K.B. Singh attempted to establish a new union known as the Southern Division Kisan Sangh. There was widespread opposition to this until Vishnu Deo took over its leadership. Vishnu Deo worked closely with Ram Krishna Chaudhary and his union.

In 1948, Vishnu Deo and A.D. Patel parted ways after having worked together since 1929 and this had an impact on the sugar cane industry as Vishnu Deo aligned himself with Ayodhya Prasad and the Kisan Sangh and was opposed to A.D. Patel's Maha Sangh.

The Southern Division Kisan Sangh took an active role in the the negotiations for the 1950 cane contract. Vishnu Deo's union and Ayodhya Prasad's Kisan Sangh opposed the contract as presented by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, while A.D. Patel's Maha Sangh supported it.

With the closure of the Nausori sugar mill in 1959, the union ceased to exist.

[edit] See also

• Sugar Cane Farmers Unions in Fiji