POLITICIAN

Phoolan Devi

1963 - 2001

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Phoolan Devi (Hindi: [pʰuː.lən d̪eː.ʋiː], 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. She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where her family was on the losing side of a land dispute which caused them many problems. After being married off at the age of eleven and being sexually abused by various people, she joined a gang of dacoits. Her gang robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains and vehicles. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Phoolan Devi is the 8,889th most popular politician (up from 11,759th in 2019), the 315th most popular biography from India (up from 435th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phoolan Devi ranks 8,889 out of 19,576. Before her are Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, Gunning Bedford Jr., Élisabeth Borne, Welf II, Duke of Bavaria, Gaius Julius Priscus, and Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer. After her are James S. Sherman, Mohammed Magariaf, Manuel III of Trebizond, Albert Pintat, Sekhemre-Wepmaat Intef, and Anacharsis Cloots.

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Among people born in 1963, Phoolan Devi ranks 100. Before her are Kai Hansen, Rob Schneider, Kim Ung-yong, Pierre Nkurunziza, Stevo Pendarovski, and Paul Belmondo. After her are Sergio Goycochea, David Yates, Tom Cavanagh, Carlos Kaiser, Lauren Holly, and Beata Szydło. Among people deceased in 2001, Phoolan Devi ranks 92. Before her are Soad Hosny, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Hannelore Kohl, Pierre Klossowski, Tamara Smirnova, and Mortimer J. Adler. After her are Tommy Flanagan, Chet Atkins, Indro Montanelli, Rehavam Ze'evi, Kristina Söderbaum, and Ilie Verdeț.

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In India

Among people born in India, Phoolan Devi ranks 315 out of 1,861. Before her are Michael Radford (1946), Shantanu (null), C. Rajagopalachari (1878), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Gupta (240), and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856). After her are Homi J. Bhabha (1909), Bahadur Shah I (1643), Zakir Naik (1965), Thiruvalluvar (350), Bhāskara I (600), and Savitri (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Phoolan Devi ranks 108. Before her are Charan Singh (1902), Abdul Karim (1863), Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantanu (null), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), and Gupta (240). After her are Bahadur Shah I (1643), Nizamuddin Auliya (1238), Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), and Liaquat Ali Khan (1895).

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