Singh was spurred to action when he saw a hungry child, who was crying for bread and asking his mother to bring flour from a neighbour.
He started conducting research on land ownership in his village, and found that four thousand bighas of village assembly land was illegally occupied by private individuals.
Singh resigned from his post of teacher in order to carry on his work against the illegal occupation.

Singh submitted a memorandum to the administration, and in 1995, the government handed over the investigation to the Division Commissioner.
Under his leadership, a team of officials began an investigation into the matter, and found the charges of illegal possession to be true.
However, no action against the people involved was taken, and Singh started his protest in front of the District Magistrate office in Muzaffarnagar on 26 February 1996, with the demand to free the land for the poor so that it could be used for public development.
Singh was spurred to action when he saw a hungry child, who was crying for bread and asking his mother to bring flour from a neighbour. He started conducting research on land ownership in his village, and found that four thousand bighas of village assembly land was illegally occupied by private individuals. Singh resigned from his post of teacher in order to carry on his work against the illegal occupation.
Singh submitted a memorandum to the administration, and in 1995, the government handed over the investigation to the Division Commissioner. Under his leadership, a team of officials began an investigation into the matter, and found the charges of illegal possession to be true. However, no action against the people involved was taken, and Singh started his protest in front of the District Magistrate office in Muzaffarnagar on 26 February 1996, with the demand to free the land for the poor so that it could be used for public development.
Vijay Singh (activist)