Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
Abbreviation	BKS
Formation	4 March 1979
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Region served	India
Parent organization	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Website	bharatiyakisansangh.org

The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) (English: Indian Farmers' Union) is an Indian farmers' organization that is politically linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. BKS was founded by Dattopant Thengadi in 1978. As of 2000, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh claimed BKS had a quarter million members, organized in 11,000 villages and 301 districts across the country.^[1] The organization is dominated by landed gentry.^[2]

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Abbreviation	BKS
Formation	4 March 1979 (45 years ago) (1979-03-04)
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Region served	India
Parent organization	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Website	bharatiyakisansangh.org