Assassination of Phoolan Devi

Date: July 25, 2001 • Location: New Delhi, India

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 Uttar Pradesh, where her family was on the losing side of a land dispute which caused them many problems.