Phoolan Devi

Phoolan Devi

On Valentine's Day 1981, while the people of Behmai in Uttar Pradesh, India, prepared for a wedding, 18-year-old \_________ planned her vengeance.

Behmai

Seven months previously, a lowcaste juvenile gang member in \__________ had been abducted by a rival, mostly highcaste group.

Behmai massacre

was India's greatest mass execution at the time, prompting a massive manhunt.

Bandit Queen

Phoolan Devi is known as?

August 10, 1963

Devi was raised in abject poverty and was born on \_____, into a low-caste household in rural Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh

Devi was raised in abject poverty and was born on August 10, 1963, into a low-caste household in rural \______.

female dacoit

She joined a local gang as the only \_________ (armed bandit) when she was 16 due to her limited alternatives for surviving.

February 1983

But in exchange for significantly reduced terms in \________, she agreed to turn herself in as well as the surrender of her gang members.

Member of Parliament (MP)

She entered politics and was chosen to serve as a \_________.

July 25, 2001

But on the afternoon of \_________, she was attacked by three masked men and shot dead.

37,000

With a victory margin of \__________ votes, she was chosen as a Member of Parliament in the 1996 Indian General Election.

Chambal ravines

She was the leader of the Phoolan Devi gang, which was active in the \________ from 1975 to 1982

11

She was convicted of \____ criminal charges including three charges of murder

Lok Sabha

She was released from jail in 1994 and later served three terms in the \___________ (Lower House of Parliament)

empowerment for women

Phoolan Devi was an icon of social justice and a symbol of \_______, particularly those from lower castes.

resistance

After her release from prison, Phoolan Devi became a symbol of \____________ and an advocate for social justice and women's rights.

1890s

In order to defend against bandits, the Big Swords Society is established in northern China.

1868

Three members of the Reno Gang are killed when vigilantes raid a prison in New Albany, Indiana, where they had just robbed a train.

1980s

El Salvador is the birthplace of the Sombra Negra (Black Shadow) gang, which kills criminals and gang members.

2013

In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, a woman who calls herself "Diana, Huntress of Bus Drivers," kills two people in retaliation for supposed murders and rapes that the city's bus drivers are accused of committing.

Big Swords Society

In order to defend against bandits, the \_________ is established in northern China.

Reno Gang

Three members of the \_________ are killed when vigilantes raid a prison in New Albany, Indiana, where they had just robbed a train.

Sombra Negra (Black Shadow)

El Salvador is the birthplace of the \_____________ gang, which kills criminals and gang members.

Diana, Huntress of Bus Drivers

In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, a woman who calls herself "\____________," kills two people in retaliation for supposed murders and rapes that the city's bus drivers are accused of committing.