Sir Chhotu Ram, a towering peasant leader and statesman from Haryana, co-founded which major political party in 1923 along with Sir Fazli Husain to safeguard the economic interests of agriculturalists in Punjab?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Sir Chhotu Ram co-founded the Unionist Party also known as the Zamindar League in 1923 to represent the economic and social interests of rural agriculturists regardless of religion. Through his efforts as a minister in Punjab, he successfully enacted landmark legislations like the Punjab Relief Indebtedness Act and Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act which liberated peasant debtors from predatory moneylenders.