Phoolan Devi was born on this day in 1963. Had she been alive, Bandit Queen would have been 52 today.

• Phoolan Devi, widely known as the Bandit Queen would have turned 52 this day, had she been alive.

• Phoolan Devi started as a burglar, but soon transformed into a dacoit.

• While uppers regarded Phoolan as a callous murderer, for countless untouchables, this gun-slinging criminal had become a devi - Phoolan Devi an incarnation of the Goddess Durga.

• On July 25, 2001, Phoolan Devi was shot dead by 3 masked shooters outside of her Delhi home.

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