All India Students' Federation
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Student organisation in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The All India Students' Federation (AISF) is the oldest student organisation in India, founded in 1936.
Abbreviation | AISF |
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Formation | 12 August 1936 , Lucknow, United Province, British India |
Type | Student organisation |
Purpose | Scientific socialism[1] |
Headquarters | 4/7, Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi-110002, India [2] |
Location | |
President | Viraaj Devang |
General Secretary | Dinesh Sreerangaraj |
Main organ | Student's Action[3] |
Affiliations | |
Website | aisf.org.in |
AISF was founded on 12 August 1936, with guidance and cooperation from the Indian independence movement.[4][5] The foundation conference of the AISF was held at Ganga Prasad Memorial Hall in Lucknow, with 936 delegates from across India.[6] The conference was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, and presided over by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The conference resolved to establish an All India Students' Federation, and Prem Narayan Bhargava was elected as the first general secretary.[6]
The second conference of the AISF was held three months later, beginning on 22 November 1936 in Lahore. It mainly discussed and adopted the constitution of the AISF. The conference was attended by about 150 delegates under the presidency of Sarat Chandra Bose. The conference was also addressed by Govind Ballabh Pant. It passed a resolution condemning the intervention by Nazi Germany into the affairs of Republican Spain. The conference also agreed to affiliate the AISF with the World Students' Association.
Hemu Kalani, an AISF leader, was arrested by the British army in 1942 for leading the Quit India Movement, and publicly hanged in 1943 at the age of 19. AISF leader Kanaklata Barua was another student leader who died participating in the fight for independence.[7]
An AISF delegation visited the Bengal state during the famine of 1943 and engaged in relief activities.[8]
During the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay in February 1946, the AISF helped to mobilise students in support of the Naval Ratings.[7]
After independence, the AISF concentrated its activities mainly on educational issues, anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism, providing a platform for student unity against common threats. The AISF played a central role in the Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of Hyderabad.[9]
The AISF continued to fight for Indian unity with the Goa liberation movement. Satyagrahis from across India entered Goa on 15 August 1955 and were fired upon. 23-year-old Karnail Singh Benipal was killed when he tried to save his leader V.D. Chitale.[10] The general secretary of the AISF, Sukhendu Mazumdar, was present with AISF leader C. K. Chandrappan on 15 August at the Goa border to help the student satyagrahis.[11]
The AISF participated in the Kothari Commission report, which provided the basis for broad educational reforms in India.[12]
In the 1980s, during the Khalistan movement, the AISF, under the leadership of General Secretary Satyapal Dang, received armed training to counter Khalistan militants.[13] Harpal Mohali, the AISF leader from Mohali, led movements in Panjab University. In response to his attempt to counter Khalistan, Mohali was shot by militants and left paralysed. Many AISF activists were killed fighting against Khalistan separatism.[13]
The AISF has a strong presence in Kerala, Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, and Punjab, and in most universities in the country.
The AISF runs Sramajibi Canteen and is involved in various other social work.[34]
The AISF actively supports LGBT rights. In 2022, AISF state committee member Nadira Mehrin became the first transgender person to contest in a student union election at Kerala University,[35][36] and also contested as the AISF candidate for chairperson of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS), the first time a transgender person had led a candidates' panel for a university election in the state.[37][38][39]
The organisation's original motto, reflecting its focus on peace, progress and scientific socialism, was "Freedom, Peace and Progress". This was amended at the 1958 National Convention, and the motto since then has been "Study & Struggle".[40]
The administrative structure of the federation includes:
National Conference | Year | Place | President | General Secretary |
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1 (Founder Conference) | 12–13 August 1936 | Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | Prem Narayan Bhargava | |
2 | 22 November 1936 | Lahore | Prem Narayan Bhargava | |
3 | 1–3 January 1938 | Madras | Ansar Harvani | |
4 | 1–2 January 1939 | Calcutta | M.L.Shah | |
5 | 1–2 January 1940 | Delhi | M.L.Shah | |
6 | 25–26 December 1940 | Nagpur | M. Farooqui | |
7 | 31 December 1941 to 1 January 1942 | Patna | Perin Bharucha | |
Prashanta Sanyal | ||||
8 | 28–31 December 1944 | Calcutta | Satyapal Dang | |
9 | 20 January 1946 | Guntur | Satyapal Dang | |
10 | 3 January 1947 | Delhi | Annada Shankar Bhattacharya | |
11 | 29–31 December 1947 | Bombay | Satyapal Dang | Annada Shankar Bhattacharya |
12 | 23–27 July 1949 | Calcutta | Susheela Madiman | Annada Shankar Bhattacharya |
1950 | Calcutta | Susheela Madiman | Sukhendu Mazumdar (Acting general secretary) | |
1952 | Calcutta | Susheela Madiman | Annada Shankar Bhattacharya | |
13 | 1–5 January 1953 | Hyderabad | Harish Chandra Tiwari | N.R. Dasari |
14 | 5–8 January 1955 | Lucknow | B. Narsingha Rao | Sukhendu Mazumdar |
15 | 2–4 January 1959 | Udaipur | Vidyasagar Nautiyal | Hiren Dasgupta |
16 | 25–27 October 1961, but it could not be held due to natural disaster | Kanpur | ||
17 | 29 December 1965 – 2 January 1966 | Pondicherry | Joginder Singh Dayal | S. Sudhakar Reddy |
18 | 21–23 December 1969 | New Delhi | Bant Singh Brar | Ranjit Guha |
19 | 20 January 1974 | Cochin | Shambhu Sharan Shrivastava | Aziz Pasha |
20 | 1–9 February 1979 | Ludhiana | Atul Kumar Anjan | Amarjeet Kaur |
21 | 28–31 January 1983 | Trichy | Atul Kumar Anjan | Amarjeet Kaur |
22 | 13–16 December 1985 | Guntur | Ravindra Nath Rai | T. Laxminarayana |
23 | 15–18 February 1991 | Bokaro | Ravindra Nath Rai | Soni Thengamom |
24 | 7–9 February 1996 | Hyderabad | Rahul Bhaiji | T. Srinivas |
25 | 18–21 October 2000 | Jalandhar | T. Srinivas, Ramakrushna Panda | Vijendra Kesari |
26 | 3–6 January 2006 | Chennai | P. Muralidhar, Jinu Zakariya Oommen[41] | Vijendra Kesari |
27 | 13-15 February 2010 | Puducherry | Paramjit Dhaban | Abhay Taksal |
28 | 28–30 November 2013 | Hyderabad | Valli Ullah Khadri[41] | Vishwajeet Kumar |
29 | 27–30 September 2018 | Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh | Shuvam Banerjee[42] | Vicky Mahesari |
30 | 28–1 September–October 2023 | Begusarai | Vicky Mahesari
[42]Viraaj Devang |
Dinesh Sreerangaraj[42] |
At the 30th AISF National Conference, held in September to October 2023 in Begusarai, Bihar, Vicky Mahesari from Punjab was elected as National President and Dinesh Seerangaraj from Tamilnadu was elected as General Secretary.[43]
On June 30, 2024, Viraaj Devang from Maharashtra who served as National Treasurer was elected as the New National President.[44]
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