What is Bhagwan Ahir?
'''Bhagwan Ahir''' (died 1923) was born in Gorakhpur district, [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sacnilk24.com/article/bhagwan-ahir-chaura-chauri-kand-gorakhpur/|title=Bhagwan Ahir – Chaura Chauri Kand Gorakhpur|date=3 January 2023|work=Sacnilk 24|access-date=30 March 2023|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330123531/https://sacnilk24.com/article/bhagwan-ahir-chaura-chauri-kand-gorakhpur/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 4 February 1922, an 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. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unacademy.com/content/upsc/study-material/modern-indian-history/chauri-chaura-incident/|title=Chauri Chaura Incident - UPSC|work=unacademy.com|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2021/08/12/is-bjps-effort-to-revive-memories-of-1922-chauri-chaura-revolt-a-poll-ploy.html|title=Is BJP's effort to revive memories of 1922 Chauri Chaura revolt a poll ploy?|work=The Week|quote=Three days earlier, on February 1, three satyagrahis—Bhagwan Ahir, Ramrup Barai and Mahadeo—were beaten up on the orders of Gupteshwar Singh, the sub-inspector of the station, when they were picketing Mundera Bazaar, a prosperous market of pulses, raw sugar and rice. Of the three, Ahir received the most severe beatings. Ahir had been a soldier in World War 1 for two years and had been posted at Basra. The policeman’s anger against Ahir was the greatest for he drew a government pension as an ex-so