Mahendra Singh Tikait

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Mahendra Singh Tikait is a popular leader of farmers from Uttar Pradesh in India. He was born in 1935 at village Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a Jat of Gahlot gotra. He is Choudhary of Balyan Khap. Tikait was a "Title" conferred to Head of Baliyan Khap by ruler of Thanesar, Raja Harshavardhana, in 7th century. From the time of Raja Harshvardhan the title 'Tikait' is being used by the Choudhary of Balyan Khap, along with his name, way down to generations. He inherited the Chaudharyship of the Khap Baliyan at the age of eight when his father Ch. Chauhal Singh died in 1943.

1 Chaudhary of Balyan Khap
2 messiah of farmers
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[edit] Chaudhary of Balyan Khap

The Chaudharyship of the Baliyan khap had been vesting in his family for the last thirteen centuries. The chaudharyship of a khap panchayat is a hereditary position. The Chaudahry enjoys administrative, adjucative and executive powers over the khap villages. The chaudhary is held in high esteem and his decisions are binding on his people. At a panchayat meeting of the khap Baliyan held at Sisauli on May 12,1941, a resolution was passed which said : " We will work with our body, hear and soul under the leadership of our Chaudhary for the good of our Khap. Towards this end the Chaudhary of a khap has the right even to demand our lives." Thus the Chaudahry of a khap panchayat enjoys supreme powers.

[edit] messiah of farmers

He is a leader of Bharatiya Kisan Union. He has been president of Bharatiya Kisan Union. He has led a number of mass movements against the state and central governments in India to support the rights of the farmers.

After the death of former Prime Minister of India late Ch. Charan Singh in western U.P. he was called the second 'messiah' of kisans. On 17 October 1986 he formed a non-political organization named 'Bhartiya Kisan Union' to protect the interests of all the farmers of India who form 80 percent of the population of the country. He has headed many movements and as a result of these agitations, many times he was arrested and sent to jail, yet he remains committed to protect the interest of all the kisans of India.