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-'''Ranjit Singh Ahir'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Balbhadra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FU2EAAAQBAJ&dq=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0&pg=PA68 |title=Bhojpuri Sahitya : Desh Ke Des Ka |date=2021-07-02 |publisher=Sarv Bhasha Trust |isbn=978-93-90502-27-1 |language=hi}}</ref> also known as '''Ranjit Ram''') was  commander<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVhQAQAAMAAJ&q=Ranajit+ram+commander |title=Journal of Historical Research |date=2007 |publisher=Department of History, Ranchi University. |language=en}}</ref> of rebel army in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian rebellion of 1857]] in [[Bihar]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVhQAQAAMAAJ&q=Ranajit+ram |title=Journal of Historical Research |date=2007 |publisher=Department of History, Ranchi University. |language=en}}</ref> he fought against British [[East India Company]] under the leadership of [[Kunwar Singh]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=सिंह |first=उदय नारायण |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KS8-AAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4 |title=वीर कुँवर सिंह |date=1988 |publisher=Śabdapīṭha |language=hi}}</ref> He belonged to Zamindar family of [[Krishnaut|KrishnautA]][[Bihari Ahir|hir]] ([[Yadav]]) of Shahpur-Bihiya Pargana, currently part of [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur district]], Bihar.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WogMAQAAMAAJ&q=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE+%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE |title=दानापुर: कल और आज |date=2003 |publisher=सूचना एवं जनसम्पर्क शाखा अनुमंडल कार्यालय |language=hi}}</ref>
-==Early life==
-Ranjit Singh Ahir was born in 1802 to a Zamindar [[Krishnaut]] Ahir family of Shahpur village of Bihiya Pargana in Bhojpur district. His father's name was Parsanram Singh Ahir.
-Since an early age, Ranjit Singh Ahir was working for the British East India Company, he was a Havildar in the first company of the 40th Platoon, his job was to distribute salaries to the soldiers.<ref name=":0" />
-==Role in the 1857 rebellion==
-On 25 July 1857, the sepoys revolted in Danapur,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ansari |first=Tahir Hussain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUueDwAAQBAJ&dq=danapur+rebel&pg=PT139 |title=Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar |date=2019-06-20 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-65152-2 |language=en}}</ref> they looted weapons from Danapur and marched off towards Arrah.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paul |first=E. Jaiwant |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65vrBAAAQBAJ&dq=danapur+rebel&pg=PT100 |title=The Greased Cartridge: The Heroes and Villains of 1857-58 |date=2011-08-01 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5194-010-4 |language=en}}</ref>
-The rebel soldiers first captured the Koilvar bridge and then marched to Arrah and joined famous rebel leader Kunwar Singh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakraborty |first=Kaushik |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WH0MAQAAMAAJ&q=danapur+rebel |title=Decolonising the Revolt of 1857: Colonial Order, Rebel Order, Rebel Vision, and the Shakespearean Weltanschuung of the Bengali Babus |date=2007 |publisher=Readers Service |isbn=978-81-87891-70-3 |language=en}}</ref>
-==See also==
-*[[Kunwar Singh]]
-*[[Siege of Arrah]]
-==References==
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-[[Category:Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
-[[Category:People from Bhojpur district, India]]
-[[Category:History of Bihar]]
-[[Category:Indian independence activists from Bihar]]
-[[Category:Ahir]]
-[[Category:Bihari Ahirs]]