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May 01, 2006

UPPER-CASTE ASSOCIATION HONORS KILLER OF REMARKABLE LOW-CASTE "BANDIT QUEEN"

Kshatriya Samaj to honour Phoolan’s killer (The Tribune (Chandigarh))

"Sher Singh Rana, who was recently nabbed by the Delhi Police in the Phoolan Devi murder case, is to be paid 'homage' by the Kshatriya Samaj [kshatriya-caste association] on the Maharana Pratap Jayanti on May 30 for being the 'symbol of Kshatriya honour'.
"'Rana is to be honoured for upholding the dignity of the community as he has avenged the killing of 20 Kshatriyas by Phoolan Devi in the Behmai massacre,' declared Surendra Pratap Singh, convener of the Kshatriya Swabhimaan Andolan Samanvay Committee, UP, (KSASC)."

See also:

India's Bandit Queen (Atlantic Monthly, 1996)

Posted at 08:20 AM in caste, women |

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