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Phoolan Devi (10 August 1963 – 25 July 2001), popularly known as the Bandit Queen, was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who became a politician, serving as a member of parliament until her assassination.
Aug 10, 2015 · Phoolan Devi, widely known as the Bandit Queen would have turned 52 this day, had she been alive. Let us have a look at the 10 things about this brave dacoit and politician. 10. Legend was born.
Apr 10, 2018 · Phoolan Devi escaped an abusive arranged marriage and embarked on a life of crime, intent on getting revenge on those who had hurt her. Flickr Phoolan Devi, the “Bandit Queen.”. Phoolan Devi was born in Uttar Pradesh, India, to a poor family of the Mallah caste.
Aug 11, 2021 · What makes Phoolan Devi a feminist icon? In a global list of the top women rebels in world history, Time Magazine has placed Phoolan Devi at number four. She is the only one in this list from India. There are a total of 17 names in this list, from Joan of Arc to Aung San Suu Kyi.
Sep 7, 2023 · Phoolan Devi’s transition from outlaw to lawmaker is nothing short of remarkable. In the eyes of her admirers, she was a revolutionary. A survivor of several brutal episodes of sexual violence, that fought valiantly for social justice.
Feb 24, 2024 · A group dressed in the khaki of the police force, led by a slender woman, a rifle hanging from her shoulder, had walked down the dusty path that led to the village. Hours later, 20 upper-caste villagers lay dead, gunned down by the dreaded dacoit Phoolan Devi, allegedly to avenge a gangrape she was subjected to in Behmai.
Aug 14, 2014 · Phoolan Devi, who became one of India's best-known political figures after giving up years of crime, was shot dead at the age of 38 in front of her...
Apr 21, 2024 · Indian rights activist, bandit and politician Phoolan Devi (1963 - 2001) greets her well wishers standing on the roof of a bus she was travelling in to the surrender at Bhind, Madhya...
Aug 8, 2014 · Thirteen years after she was killed, a man has been convicted of murdering India's bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi. Sher Singh Rana was arrested after Devi was shot dead at the age of 38...
Aug 8, 2014 · Sher Singh Rana was found guilty of the murder of Phoolan Devi, who was shot dead in broad daylight by three masked men in 2001. By the time she died, Ms Devi had transformed herself from low caste and illiterate Hindu villager to opposition politician. Her turbulent life was captured in Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur's 1996 movie Bandit Queen.
