British Indian anti-feudal political party (1929–1958)
Krishak Sramik Party
Former provincial party
Leader
A. K. Fazlul Huq
President
Abdur Rahim (1929–1934)
A. K. Fazlul Huq (1935–1958)
Founded
1929; 95 years ago (1929)
Dissolved
1958
Ideology
Anti-feudalism Agriculturalism Progressivism Populism Social democracy
Political position
Centre-left
The party's lifetime was mostly in the period of the British Raj
The Krishak Sramik Party (Bengali: কৃষক শ্রমিক পার্টি, Farmer Labourer Party) was a major anti-feudal political party in the British Indian province of Bengal and later in the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal and East Pakistan provinces. It was founded in 1929 as the Nikhil Banga Praja Samiti to represent the interests of tenant farmers in Bengal's landed gentry estates. Sir Abdur Rahim was its first leader. A. K. Fazlul Huq was elected leader in 1935 when the former was appointed as the president of the Central Legislative Assembly of India. In 1936, it took the name of Krishak Praja Party (Bengali: কৃষক প্রজা পার্টিFarmer Tenant Party) and contested the 1937 election. The party formed the first government in the Bengal Legislative Assembly. After the partition of British India, it was reorganized as the Krishak Sramik Party (Farmer-Labour Party) to contest the 1954 election, as part of the United Front. The coalition won the election and formed the provincial government in the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.
The party's politics played an important role in the growth of Bengali Muslim political consciousness; it also received support from large sections of the Bengali Hindu population who resented the influence of the landed gentry.
The party was the political vehicle of the Bengali lawyer and politician A. K. Fazlul Huq,[1] who served as the Prime Minister of Bengal and Chief Minister of East Bengal. Another chief minister from the party was Abu Hussain Sarkar (1955–56). Abdus Sattar, one of the party's leaders, later became the President of Bangladesh.
^Syedur Rahman (27 April 2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
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