Recently, I visited the ashram to speak with several former dacoits who had surrendered around 1972 as part of this ...

It was over five decades back in 1972 that hundreds of dacoits, or baagis as they are called locally, voluntarily surrendered in Chambal valley of central India as part of a wider and inspirational ...

The Chambal Valley peace initiative led by followers of Mahatma Gandhi and the Sarvodaya movement—which ultimately resulted in the surrender of over 600 dacoits between 1960 and 1972—began in a modest ...

It was over five decades back in 1972 that hundreds of dacoits, or baagis as they are called locally, voluntarily surrendered in the Chambal valley of central India as part of a wider and ...

One of these notorious dacoits was dacoit Malkhan Singh. Malkhan Singh's name holds an important place in the history of the Chambal Valley and his life is full of stories of struggle and victory.

Although this is not strictly a jungle story (or is it?), it still bears the flavour of early 1960s rural Uttar Pradesh, which were exciting times in the region. In mid-1963, as a Joint Magistrate ...