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Viswanath Ahir

(★ – 1942) – (Bihar)

Viswanath Ahir, a resident of Attar village in the Nawanagar police station of Shahabad district in Bihar, India, was the son of Chengan Ahir. He was a political activist who hailed from a village that was heavily involved in the Quit India Movement of 1942. Unfortunately, he was shot dead on August 19, 1942, when British troops surrounded the village and opened fire.