MCQ
Q.
Who founded the Pagal Panth?
Correct Answer: B
The correct answer is Karam Shah.
Key Points
- The Pagal Panth was a religious order founded by Karim Shah in the Mymensingh and Sherpur districts of Bengal.
- The philosophy of this Panth was to follow religious harmony and non-violence incorporating tenets of Sufism, Hinduism, and animism.
- Under Karim Shah’s son Tipu Shah, the order revolted against the British government by organizing peasant rebellions. They were against the oppressive tax regime of the British.
- Tipu Shah captured Sherpur in 1825 and ruled over the Sherpur and Mymensingh areas till the 1850s.
Additional Information
- Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was a brilliant intellectual and a striking master of debate. He was a versatile genius performing several roles during his entire working career, such as linguist, polymath, sociologist, historian, philosopher, writer, grammarian, ascetic, revolutionary, Marxist, and politician.
- Swami Sahajanand formed a smaller Kisan Sabha in the Patna district in association with a formal organizational structure.
- Later in 1929, he established the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS).
- Bulleh Shah was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet, a humanist, and philosopher.
- His real name was Abdullah Shah.
- His poetry highlights his mystical spiritual voyage through the four stages of Sufism: Shariat (Path), Tariqat (Observance), Haqiqat (Truth), and Marfat (Union).