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Writing about the dacoits of Bengal, the colonial official CH Keighly mentions the “great difference between gangs of hereditary dacoits or thugs in other

November 2004). "The man who transformed Dacoits". The Tribune. India. "The young Amitabh Bachchan was 'in awe' of dacoit Man Singh". NDTV. 16 August 2012. Archived

India Today. Retrieved 2 May 2022. "Adivi Sesh to play the antagonist in 'Dacoit'". The Times of India. 15 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 11 July

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.

which remained for a long time a stronghold of dacoits. Supposedly, she never wanted to be a dacoit, but became so because of excessive cruetly meted

This area of Bhind district was terrorized by dacoits and Baij Nath used to regret that a few dacoits would come and loot the entire village. To free

1943 or 1947) is a former dacoit from Chambal region. During his heyday, he used to be known as Bandit King or King of the Dacoits. In 1964, when Malkhan

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

of Kasur. Punjab has a folklore tradition of appreciating the role of dacoits such as Malangi who defied the authorities of the period and sided with

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