They informed the "Patil" (village headman) that dacoits (robbers) had entered the village. The two thieves thwart the dacoits sent by Gabbar to extort the villagers. The "dacoits" or brigands of India were of the same stamp as their European colleagues. Believed to be the hideout of the famous Sultana Daku and his band of dacoits. Gulabad is terrorized by a band of 40 dacoits. Phoolan was the only woman member of that gang of dacoits. It tells the tale of dacoits in 1975, who termed themselves Baaghis, the rebels. Later, a group of dacoits raid Baiju's village. KK Muhammed was successful in convincing the dacoits to let him restore these temples. Morena was once known for the terror of dacoits years ago. The poem depicts a child fantasising that he saves his mother from dacoits. After 1973 a large number of films were produced focused on deities and dacoits. When the dacoits find him they kill him. Dixit had contacts with some powerful dacoits of the state. The area was under the control of Nirbhay Singh Gujjar and Gadariya Dacoits.