| CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS |
| 1889 |
Born in Deva village of Gazipur district (U.P.) on the holy day of Maha Shivratri.
Name :- Navrang Rai Father’s name :- Beni Rai |
| 1892-93 |
Mother died when he was three years old. |
| 1899 |
Admitted to Upper Primary School, Zalalabad. |
| 1902 |
Completed six years upper primary schooling in three years only. |
| 1904 |
Stood seventh in U.P Hindi Middle examination. Got married in summer. |
| 1905 |
Enrolled in Gazipur mission School for Matriculation. |
| 1906 |
Death of his wife. |
| 1907 |
Left his Matriculation and became a recluse at Kashi. Navrang Rai became Girinam Sanyasi Sahajanand. |
| 1907-08 |
Ventured to holy places like Haridwar, Prayag, Chitrakoot, Onkaseshwar, Hrishikesh, Badrinarayan, Kedarnath etc. in search of Guru and God. |
| 1909-14 |
Disappointed from his search, he returned to Kashi and studied grammar, Vedanta etc. Renamed as Dandi Swami Sahajanand Saraswati. Addressed Bhumihar Brahman General Assembly at Ballia. |
| 1915 |
Launched Bhumihar Brahman Movement and published Bhumihar Brahman magazine. |
| 1916 |
Published Bhumihar Brahman Parichay (Introduction of Bhumihar Brahman) and Brahmarshi Vansh Vistar |
| 1920 |
Met Mahatma Gandhi in Patna on 5th May and decided to enter politics. Participated in Congress Assembly at Nagpur. |
| 1921 |
Led Non-cooperation movement at Buxar. Represented Gazipur in Ahmedabad Congress Conference. |
| 1922 |
Arrested in Ghazipur on 2nd January. Imprisoned in different jails of Gazipur, Banaras, Faizabad and Lucknow for one year. |
| 1923-24 |
While staying at Gazipur worked for Congress –Member of regional Congress Committee and Indian National Congress Committee. |
| 1925 |
Authored and published Purohit Andolan and Karmkalap |
| 1927 |
Edited and published weekly Loak Sangharsh from Samastipur. Founded Sri Sitaramasharm at Bihta(Patna). Organized western Patna Kisan Sabha |
| 1929 |
Dissoluted Bhumihar Brahman Mahashabha. Founded Bihar regional Kishan Sabha in November and became its first chairman. |
| 1930 |
Incarnated in Bankipur and Hazaribagh in connection with Salt Satyagrah. Disillusioned to see the real face of congress leaders. |
| 1931-32 |
Disenchanted with politics. |
| 1933 |
Probed into miserable condition of the farmers of Gaya. Chaired the Bihta conference of Bihar Pradesic Kishan Sabha. |
| 1935 |
Chaired the third conference of Bihar Pradesic Kishan Sabha at Hajipur .Act for abolition of Zamindari system was passed .Chairman of Patna District Congress Committee .Member of executive committee of Bihar Congress and All India Congress committee |
| 1936 |
Chaired the founding conference of All India Kisan Sabha(AIKS) at Lucknow |
| 1937 |
General secretary of AIKS |
| 1938 |
Chaired the third conference of AIKS at Komila .Visited Gujrat and founded Gujrat Pradesic Kishan Sabha. Also chaired Orissa Pradesic Kishan Sabha. |
| 1936-39 |
Fought for Bihta sugar mill. Organized farmers for historical peasant moment.Authored ‘Rent Reduction in Bihar: How it Works’ and ‘The Other Side of The Shield
‘ |
| 1939 |
Was elected General secretary in forth conference of AIKS and remained in the office till 1943.Participated in Forward Block Conference held in Bombay where he founded The Left Coordination Committee. |
| 1940 |
In March, he was accorded presidential welcome in All India Samjhauta Virodhi Sammelan at Ramgarh (Bihar). |
| 1941 |
From April, 40 to March 42 , he remained prisoner in central jail, Hajaribagh. During his imprisonment he authored 8 books including Mera Jeevan Sangarsh, Kisan kya Kare, Kisan Kaiese ladte hai. |
| 1943 |
Chaired the 10th conference of BPKS |
| 1944 |
Presided the 8th conference of A.B.K.S at Vijaywada . |
| 1945 |
Tussle among the communist . Left A.B.K.S . Presided the Warsligang conference of B.P.K.S in May,1945. |
| 1946 |
Founded Hind Kisan Panchayat. Purushottam Das Tandon became the chairman while he was a minister. In June, Bermo conference of B.P.K.S . |
| 1947 |
He wrote ‘Ab Kya Ho’ soon after the independence and worked for left – unity, as well as ‘Mazdoor Kisan Rajya’ |
| 1948 |
Organized a joint front of 18 left parties. He founded ‘Akhil Bhartiya Sanyukt Kishan Sabha’ in April. Complete separation from Congress. Wrote ‘Maha rudra ka Maha Tandav. |
| 1949 |
He was accorded a grand public welcome on completing 60.Chaired the 16th conference of B.P.K.S in March. From 15th April to 20th June , he organized several meetings, undertook many visits and mobilized the farmers of Gaya . In October, he was instrumental in founding of Bhartiya Sanyukt Samajwadi Sabha in Calcutta. |
| 1950 |
Delivered a speech at B.P.K.S conference in April. Fell ill in May. Treatment began in Muzzafarpur. While on the way back to Muzzafarpur from Devpar(Pusa), he suffered paralysis. On 26th ,June, he died in the house of Advocate Muchkund Sharma. |
