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The spelling is the anglicised version of the Hindi word डाकू (ḍākū); "dacoit" /dəˈkɔɪt/ is a colloquial Indian English word with the meaning "a robber

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Singh (1890—1955), better known as Daaku Maan Singh, was a notorious Indian dacoit. Born in 1890 in the village of Khera Rathore near Jaitpur Kalan, Bah tehsil

- 1958) was a dreaded female dacoit, often known by the epithet "Indian bandit queen".. She was the first female dacoit of India. Her area of dacoity

or 1927 – May 5, 2020) was a former dacoit bandit turned political leader. He was one of the most dreaded dacoits of the Chambal valley in the 1960s.

Malangi (1890s – 1927) was a dacoit or a bandit during the colonial occupation of Punjab, British India. He was known as 'Robinhood' in his native district

eunuch but she was requested by Koli dacoit and she asked him to worship her as a goddess and he did so. Koli dacoit established a shrine under varakhda

Koose Munisamy Veerappan (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian poacher, smuggler, and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major

Bhupat Singh was a famous dacoit in India in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He was responsible for delaying the 1951–52 Indian general election. He was

Gabbar Singh Gujjar (born Gabar Singh; 1926 – 13 November 1959) was a dacoit (bandit) active in the late 1950s in the Chambal valley of north-central India