kisann.
/kɪˈsɑːn/ In India, a peasant, an agricultural worker.
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1935 Ann. Reg. 1934 152 The Communist Party of India..had through a kisan (peasant) organisation in the Punjab sought to make propagandist capital out of economic discontent.
1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. ix. 62 The Indian kisans have little staying power, little energy to resist for long.
1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. x. 63 Agrarian troubles are frequently taking place in various parts of India..and the kisan agitation in certain parts of Oudh in 1920 and 1921 was but one of them.
1959 M. Brecher Nehru iii. 69 Jawaharlal's discovery of the kisans (peasants) spurred him to action on their behalf.
1959 M. Brecher Nehru iii. 70 His [sc. Nehru's] reputation as a friend of the kisan spread into the interior.
1969 Hindu (Madras) 28 July 9/8 Eleven Communist kisans were arrested yesterday by the Kilayur Police when they obstructed the ploughing with tractor of some fields in Kazhakkarai village.
1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 5/2 The whole legal system should be overhauled to make dispensation of justice speedy and cheap, specially to the poor kisans.
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