2001 — Phoolan Devi, a serving Indian member of Parliament, was shot outside her house in New Delhi, India.

Phoolan Devi, 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…

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