Bhagwan Ahir
Bhagwan Ahir (died 1923) was born in Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. On 4 February 1922, a tragic incident occurred outside the Chaura police station in Gorakhpur district, where a group of constables and watchmen clashed with a crowd of 2000-2500 peasants from neighboring villages. Most of the crowd did not have any weapons. Unfortunately, the officer-in-charge of the police station, Gupteshwar Singh, made a fatal mistake by ordering the police to fire first in the air and then at the crowd, resulting in the death of some peasants and injuries to hundreds of others. This incensed the peaceful satyagrahi crowd, who retaliated by killing 22 policemen and chowkidars, and setting the police station on fire.