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'''Bhumi Sena''' ({{trans|Land Army}}) was a [[private army]] which operated in the [[Patna]], [[Nalanda]], [[Jehanabad]], and [[Gaya district|Gaya]] regions of [[Bihar|Bihar, India]] in the 1980s, made up of members of the [[Kurmi]] casteLandlords.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/a-lasting-signature-on-bihar-s-most-violent-years/957421/2|title=A lasting signature on Bihar's most violent years - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30246093.ece|title=End of a terror trail|first=KALYAN|last=CHAUDHURI|website=Frontline|accessdate=2020-11-04}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Kunnath|first=George J.|date=2009|title=Smouldering Dalit fires in Bihar, India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/29790891|journal=Dialectical Anthropology|volume=33|issue=3/4|pages=309–325|doi=10.1007/s10624-009-9134-5|jstor=29790891|s2cid=143443718|issn=0304-4092}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Kumar|first=Ashwani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=num2I4NFGqIC&q=mahavir+Mahto+formed+Bhumi+sena&pg=PA104|title=Community Warriors: State, Peasants and Caste Armies in Bihar|date=2008|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=978-1-84331-709-8|location=|pages=107–108|language=en}}</ref>
