In the 1980s, Bhumi Sena was an important social movement operated by landlords of the Awadhiya Kshatriya community in the Punpunn-Masaurhi, Naubatpur and partly Dhanrua block area of Patna district of Bihar. This movement started in the 1980s and its main objective was to keep the land of landlords free or protect the rights of landlords and the land of landlords by the Red Army formed by the Maoists of the lower community.
In this movement during 1977-90, at least 65 Maoists were killed, most of which included serial attacks on Dalit Maoist and Kurmi (Jaiswar, Patnawar, Ghamila, Nayak etc.) Maoist supporters associated with the “Red Army” (38 in Poonpoon alone), setting fire to 216 pro-Maoist houses and Poonpoon, 325 pro-Maoist families from 13 villages of Naubatpur and Masaudhi blocks were expelled by the Bhumi Sena. The Bhumi Sena was led by Awadhiya Kshatriya community leaders Girish Singh (a landlord of Kamalpura village), Bipin Bihari Singh, Godhan Singh and Laddu Singh (who later became the main culprits of the Pipra massacre), Ramsharan Singh, Naval Kishore Singh, Bhola Singh and others. who fought to protect the rights of poor peasants and landlords.
The main objectives of the bhumi sena were:
1. Fighting for the survival of the peasantry and the landlords.
2. To protect the rights of poor farmers and labourers.
3. Defend the lands and fight for justice.
4. Fighting for social and economic justice for the poor and underprivileged.
The movement of the Bhumi Sena was an important milestone in Bihar, which fought to protect the rights of poor farmers and the landlord.