This is the story of the fierce bandit queen who was forced to live by the barrel of a gun and die by it. Today is Phoolan Devi’s 22nd death anniversary. | Brut India

35K views · 82 reactions | On a cold February morning in 1983, 20-year-old Phoolan Devi walked onto a temporarily erected stage, in the outskirts of Bhind, and surrendered before the then state Chief Minister Arjun Singh. She was facing multiple charges of murder and kidnapping. Less than two decades later, she went on to become one of the first women from an oppressed community to be elected to India’s Parliament Catch more here: https://bit.ly/2XKStd8 | The Quint | Facebook