Nirbhay Singh Gurjar (1957 – 7 November 2005) was an Indian criminal and one of the last dacoits of the Chambal. He terrorized the Chambal ravines in India, the lawless zone at the cusp of two states

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and

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for 31 years.

Life

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was born in Panchdeora village of Jalaun district,

and died on 7 November 2005 in

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in a police encounter.

Dacoity career

With this Sarpanch,

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(MLA) and Member of Parliament (MP) were elected.

Help to ASI

According to the Regional Director (North) of the

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(ASI), Mr. K. K. Muhammed, Gurjar and his gang provided much help to

for the restoration of

Bateshwar Hindu temples, Madhya Pradesh The Bateshwar Hindu temples (romanised: baṭeśvar; /bəʈeːɕvər/) are a group of nearly 200 sandstone Hindu temples and their ruins in north Madhya Pradesh in post-Gupta, early Gurjara-Pratihara style of North Indian temple architecture. ...

, that were constructed during the

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empire between 8th to 11th century.

Film

Indian

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film director Krishna Mishra also made a Hindi movie named as ''Beehad - The Ravine'', which starred Vikas Shrivastav. A real-life take on Gujjar's life – journeying with him from 1975.

Indian politics

In August 2005 he had expressed his desire to surrender before the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

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and join Indian politics.

References

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