https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kisan_ChachiKisan Chachi - Revision history2026-10-29T23:09:42ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kisan_Chachi&diff=510068&oldid=prevRaunak Shankhwar: Started data2025-10-13T00:03:23Z<p>Started data</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian farmer}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kisan Chachi<br />
| image = Kisan Chachi Urf Rajkumari Devi (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| alt = <br />
| other_names = <br />
| birth_name = Rajkumari Devi<br />
| birth_place = [[Muzaffarpur, Bihar]], India<br />
| education = [[Matric]]<br />
| occupation = [[Farmer]], [[agriculturist]]<br />
| known for = Farming<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]], Kisan Shri<br />
}}<br />
'''Rajkumari Devi''' better known as '''Kisan Chachi''' is an Indian farmer from Muzaffarpur, Bihar. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, [[Padma Shri]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards, Government of India | accessdate=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/patna-who-is-rajkumari-devi-got-padma-shree-brvj-1668394.html|title=कौन हैं किसान क्रांति की अलख जगाने वाली पद्म श्री राजकुमारी देवी? पढ़ें|last=Jha|first=Vijay|website=CNN-News18|date=26 January 2019|accessdate=27 January 2019|language=Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-rajkumari-devi-of-muzaffarpur-now-honored-with-padma-shri-18891908.html|title=मुजफ्फरपुर की 'किसान चाची' को पद्म श्री, बिहार सरकार ने किया था किसान श्री से सम्मानित|work=Dainik Jagran|date=26 January 2019|accessdate=27 January 2019|language=Hindi}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Early life ==<br />
Chachi was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar in a financially weak family, due to family poverty she got married at an early age. After her marriage, she formed self-help groups and with the help of biological farming, she provided work for many poor families. Bihar CM [[Nitish Kumar]] recognized her and awarded her with Kisan Shri.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chachi takes pickles online |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/bihar/chachi-takes-pickles-online/cid/1371766 |access-date=2020-04-16 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
<br />
Chachi is from Anandpur village located in the Saraiya block of [[Muzaffarpur]] district in the state of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/news/inspiring-story-of-kisan-chachi-of-muzaffarpur-01482262.html|title=अचार बेचने बाजार जाने पर समाज से बाहर हुईं, अब प्रोडक्ट विदेश जाते हैं|date=2019-01-28|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> She completed her matriculation after her marriage.<br />
<br />
== Awards ==<br />
*[[Padma Shri]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/bihar-jharkhand/kisan-chachi-rajkumari-devi-of-muzaffarpur-bihar-awarded-with-padma-shri-know-about-her/634619|title=बिहार: 'किसान चाची' ने लिखी नारी शक्ति की नई कहानी, संघर्ष भरा रहा खेती से पद्मश्री का सफर|date=2020-02-03|website=Zee Bihar Jharkhand|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref><br />
*Kisan Shri<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Devi, Rajkumari}}<br />
[[Category:Indian activists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women activists]]<br />
[[Category:Indian women farmers]]<br />
[[Category:People from Muzaffarpur district]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in other fields]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century women farmers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian farmers]]</div>Raunak Shankhwar