Rajkumari Devi
Kisan Chachi during a Media Interview
Born
Other namesKisan Chachi
Education10th Pass
Occupation(s)Farmer, agriculturist
AwardsPadma Shri, Kisan Shri

Rajkumari Devi is an Indian farmer. She was awarded with India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri.[1][2][3] Kisan Chachi was born in a poor Bihari family and due to family poverty she was get married in young age. After her marriage she formed self help groups and with the help of biological farming she gave job for many poor families. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar recognized her and awarded with Kisan Shri.[4]

Early life

Kisan Chachi is from Anandpur village located in Saraiya block of Muzaffarpur district in the state of Bihar.[5] She completed her matriculation after her marriage. At this time she is an owner of Kisan Chachi Brand.[6]

Awards

References

  1. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Padma Awards ,Government of India. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. Jha, Vijay (26 January 2019). "कौन हैं किसान क्रांति की अलख जगाने वाली पद्म श्री राजकुमारी देवी? पढ़ें". CNN-News18 (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. "मुजफ्फरपुर की 'किसान चाची' को पद्म श्री, बिहार सरकार ने किया था किसान श्री से सम्मानित". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). 26 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. "Chachi takes pickles online". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. "अचार बेचने बाजार जाने पर समाज से बाहर हुईं, अब प्रोडक्ट विदेश जाते हैं". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  6. "Success Story: Rajkumari Devi AKA Kisaan Chachi". StartoCure. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  7. "बिहार: 'किसान चाची' ने लिखी नारी शक्ति की नई कहानी, संघर्ष भरा रहा खेती से पद्मश्री का सफर". Zee Bihar Jharkhand. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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