Sites of Phoolan Devi - "What Others Called a Crime, I Called Justice" - Februry 1981: A 24 Year Old Village Woman, Born into Poverty in India, Is Labelled 'The Bandit Queen'. She Is Charged With a Number of Major Offences Including Murder, Kidnap for Ransom and Looting Villages. Most Importantly, She Is Accused of Killing 22 High-Caste Men in the Village of Behmai, a Massacre Undertaken as Revenge for the Death of Her Lover and Repeated Gang Rape against Herself. [...] - Celebrate Peoples' History