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'''[[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome]]''' to [[Wikipedia]], a [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|free-content]] encyclopedia in [[#lang|many languages]]. In this English edition, started in January 2001, we are working on [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]. Visit our [[Wikipedia:Community Portal|Community Portal]] to find out how '''you''' can [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|edit |
'''[[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome]]''' to [[Wikipedia]], a [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|free-content]] encyclopedia in [[#lang|many languages]]. In this English edition, started in January 2001, we are working on [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]]. Visit our [[Wikipedia:Community Portal|Community Portal]] to find out how '''you''' can [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|edit article]], or experiment in the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. |
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Welcome to Wikipedia, a free-content encyclopedia in many languages that anyone can edit. In this English edition, started in January 2001, we are working on 6,865,755 articles. Visit our Community Portal to find out how you can edit an article, or experiment in the sandbox. |
Today's featured articlePhoolan Devi (1963–2001) was an Indian dacoit (bandit) who later became a member of parliament (MP). She was a woman of the Mallah subcaste who grew up in poverty in the state of Uttar Pradesh. After marrying aged eleven and being sexually abused, she joined a gang of dacoits who robbed higher-caste villages and held up trains. When she became its leader, she evaded capture by the authorities, making her a heroine for the Other Backward Classes. She was charged in absentia for the 1981 Behmai massacre, in which twenty Thakur men were executed, allegedly on her command. Afterwards, calls to apprehend her were amplified. She surrendered two years later and spent eleven years in Gwalior prison awaiting trial. She was released in 1994 after the charges against her were set aside and she became an MP for the Samajwadi Party. Her global fame had grown after the release of the controversial film Bandit Queen, of which she did not approve. In 2001, she was assassinated outside her home in New Delhi. (Full article...)
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