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'''Man Singh '''(died 1955) known as '''Daku Maan Singh''' was a notorious [[outlaw|dacoit]] born in [[Agra]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Man Singh belonged to the [[Rathore]] clan of Rajputs and was younger brother of Durjan singh .<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hansen |first1=Kathryn |title=Grounds for Play: The Nautanki Theatre of North India |date=13 December 1991 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-91088-1 |pages=140–141 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Grounds_for_Play/INEnJvlv6JsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=daku+man+singh+rajput&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> Daaku Man Singh lived in the village of [[Khera Rathore]] in the [[Chambal Division|Chambal]] region of [[India]], where a maze of deep ravines and scrub forests had hidden generations of outlaws since the 13th century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/05/asia/AS_FEA_GEN_Indias_Bandit_Country.php|agency=Associated Press|title=As modern world closes in, India's fabled bandits are disappearing|newspaper=International Herald Tribune|date=4 November 2006}}</ref><br />
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Between 1939 and 1955, Singh is credited with 1,112 robberies and 185 murders, including the killing of 32 police officers. Man Singh headed a crew of 17, most of them his sons, brother Nabab Singh, and nephews, who were unchallenged in the Chambal Valley. The police registered over a hundred cases against him, ranging from kidnapping to murder, until he and his son, Subedar Singh, were shot dead by [[Gurkha]] troops in 1955 while sitting under a [[Banyan]] tree in Kakekapura,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893055,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930115018/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893055,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2007|title=Dead Man|magazine=Time|date=5 September 1955}}</ref> [[Bhind]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="devta">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030824/spectrum/main3.htm |author=Sanjay Austa|title=Daku Raja becomes devta|newspaper=The Tribune|date=24 August 2003}}</ref> This operation was headed by inspector Vinod Chand Chaturvedi<br />
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[[Salem Nanjundaiah Subba Rao|S. N. Subba Rao]] heard Singh speak on stage in 1953 at a public function in Chambal: "I was surprised to hear him speak. He was totally unlike what I had read about him in the papers. Though at the peak of his popularity or notoriety, he was respectful and humble. I was impressed with the contradiction he presented. The government wanted him dead with a big ''inaam'' (reward) on his head and here he was, standing before the adoring public."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031110/cth1.htm#3|author=Chitleen K. Sethi|title=The man who transformed Dacoits|publisher=Chandigarh Tribune Online|date=10 November 2004}}</ref> A [[Robin Hood]] figure who once performed essential social services in hard times and adjudicated local issues, today Singh has a pagoda dedicated to him Khera Rathore. According to Dipankar, a Chambal resident who said that he regularly came to worship at the Man Singh Mandir, "they were men who fought for the family ''[[izzat (honour)|izzat]]'' (honour). They are ''baaghiyaan'' (rebels). There is no difference between a baaghi and a [[sadhu]]".<ref name="devta"/><br />
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Actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]] also quotes "In my younger days, we were in awe of Daaku Man Singh, whose escapades and adventures were common conversation in and around every possible gathering".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?keyword=bollywood&ID=ENTEN20120212542&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=255571|title=The young Amitabh Bachchan was "in awe" of dacoit Man Singh|publisher=NDTV|date=16 August 2012|access-date=21 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129195018/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?keyword=bollywood&ID=ENTEN20120212542&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=255571|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Successors==<br />
Successors of Singh are{{when|date=March 2011}} living at Khera Rathore near the river Chambal. His son Tehsildar Singh, who used to be a famous dacoit of Chambal along with contemporaries such as Daaku Madho Singh, Mohar Singh, Chhidda Makhan, is living with his family at Sheopur, near the [[Morena]] Commissionary.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}<br />
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==Lion of the Chambal==<br />
There are many [[Rajput]] folk songs and [[Noutanki]] plays based on the stories of his life. Songs about Singh include "Rasta Chalta Koi Nahin Loota, Na Bahino Se Chheene Haar" "Jo Bhi Mila So Baant Diya, Bahino Ko Pahinaye Bhaat" [in English: "(He) did not rob anyone who was walking on the road neither snatched the necklace of a girl; whatever we got distributed it to the poor."]{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
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==Portrayals in media==<br />
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''Daku Man Singh'' movie was made in 1971, directed by [[Babubhai Mistry]]. The cast included [[Dara Singh]], Nishi, Shaikh Mukhtar, [[Jeevan (actor)|Jeevan]], Shyam Kumar, and Guddi Maruti; the music was by Sardul Kwatra. It was produced by [[Time Life Films]].<ref>[http://www.10ka20.com/hindi-movies-movie-DAKU%20MAN%20SINGH.html "Hindi Movie: Daku Man Singh"]</ref> However, the film, which showed the rural dacoits defying established power and serving the poor, was not strictly factual.<ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft9v19p2qq&doc.view=content&chunk.id=d0e4691&toc.depth=1&anchor.id=0&brand=eschol "Dacoit Heroes: Serving the Poor", from Kathryn Hansen, ''Grounds for Play: The Nautanki Theatre of North India,'' Berkeley, University of California Press (c1992)]</ref> Man Singh also featured in the 2019 film, ''[[Sonchiriya]]'', where he was played by [[Manoj Bajpayee]].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sonchiriya-abhishek-chaubeys-film-showcases-the-most-dangerous-dacoits-phoolan-devi-and-man-singh/articleshow/68154178.cms 'Sonchiriya': Abhishek Chaubey's film showcases the most dangerous dacoits, Phoolan Devi and Man Singh]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0242401|Daku Man Singh}}<br />
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