The river Chambal which flows through the dacoit infested areas of Northern India is said to begin at the hill of Janapav which is in a village named Kuti, around 15 km from Mhow town.

Nirbhay Singh Gurjar was the most wanted dacoit of Chambal, India.

Daku Paan Singh Tomar was also very famous Dacoit in Chambal ville.

All the rivers, which drain into the Ganges, flow from south to north, with the Chambal, Shipra, Kali Sindh, Parbati, Kuno, Sind, Betwa, Dhasan and Ken rivers being the main tributaries of the Yamuna.

The rain which falls on the southeastern slopes drains into the Chambal, and so into the Bay of Bengal ; that which falls on the northwest side into the Luni River, which discharges itself into the Rann of Kutch.

The south-west monsoon sweeps up the Narmada valley from Bombay and crossing the tableland at Neemuch gives copious supplies to Malwa, Jhalawar and Kota and the countries which lie in the course of the Chambal River.

Areas with ravines or forests, like Chambal, Chilapata Forests were once known for dacoits.

* Mohammad Zahir Khan, Dacoity in Chambal Valley.

There are also a number of natural preserves, including Amarkantak, Bagh Caves, Balaghat, Bori Natural Reserve, Ken Gharial, Ghatigaon, Kuno Palpur, Narwar, Chambal, Kukdeshwar, Narsinghgarh, Nora Dehi, Pachmarhi, Panpatha, Shikarganj, Patalkot and Tamia.

The National Chambal Sanctuary is managed for conservation of gharial and mugger, River dolphin, smooth-coated otter and a number of turtle species.

File: Shepherds, Chambal, India. jpg | Shepherds in Chambal

The immediate danger for the resident population of P. gangeticus in National Chambal Sanctuary is the decrease in river depth and appearance of sand bars dividing the river course into smaller segments.

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The rivers encompassed are the Beas, the Chambal, the Chenab, the Ganges, the Gomti, the Indus, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Yamuna.

The major rivers of this system are the Ganges and the Indus along with their tributaries ; Beas, Yamuna, Gomti, Ravi, Chambal, Sutlej and Chenab.

This area constitutes the land between the river Brahmaputra and Aravli mountain ranges, the famous river Ganges, Yamuna, Ghaggra, Chambal and Brahmaputra flow through the area.

They are ultimately forced to hide out in the rugged ravines of Chambal without any food or water.

In the Chambal river valley they have been observed to locate nests of Kachuga dhongoka buried under sand ( presumably by moistness of the freshly covered nest ) and prey on the eggs of the turtle.

The Pindaris were located north of the Narmada valley in Chambal and Malwa region of central India.

The Pindari territory was the valleys and forests of the Chambal, the north western region of the modern state of Madhya Pradesh.

In October and early November, the first division of the Grand Army was sent to Sind, the second to Chambal, the third to Eastern Narmada.

He prepared himself for the part by reading a book titled Abar Abhishapta Chambal, which told of the exploits of Chambal dacoits.

The last notable dacoit, Nirbhay Gujjar was killed in 2005.

But the title of the most legendary dacoit is held by Daku Man Singh.

He was international Athlete after retirement he just moved to famous dacoit. Paan Singh Tomar was only docoit who became so famous that government had to use around 10000 forces from BSF, CRPF and state police.

The film, shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, Karnataka, is the story of two criminals hired to capture a ruthless dacoit by the name of Gabbar Singh.

Though the two petty criminals Veeru ( Dharmendra ) and Jaidev ( Amitabh Bachchan ) are notorious, the Thakur feels that they would be the ideal men to help him end the tyranny of Gabbar Singh ( Amjad Khan ), an infamous dacoit wanted by the authorities for a 50, 000 reward.

* Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh, a dacoit, who leads a group in looting and plundering the villages in the region of Ramgarh.

The character of Gabbar Singh was modeled on a real-life dacoit of the same name who menaced the villages around Gwalior in the 1950s.

These were mostly nomads, hunter gatherer tribes, refugees, anti-social / dacoit tribes and socially and lawfully ostracised peoples during a certain age or time but eventually never were given a chance to assimilate back into the mainstream after adopting a more mainstream lifestyle perhaps due to continuous strife, conquests and uncertainty over a 1000 years, until recently during the modern age under the British and free Indian Governments, that they are being attempted to assimilate again into the mainstream.

The most infamous dacoit was probably India's Phoolan Devi who authored an autobiography.

More recently, dacoit Veerappan of Tamil Nadu state evaded authorities for decades until he was shot dead in 2004.

The most infamous dacoit was Sultana Daku in district Bijnor.

Dhira dacoit was another famous dacoit of British India.

Punjabi biopic Jatt Jeona Morh about the noted dacoit, Jatt Jeona Morh, was made in 1991, also in the same year came, Jagga Dakubased on a noted outlaw and dacoit during British Raj, Jagga Daku.

* Sunil Dutt as Birju, Radha's younger rebellious son, who turns into a dacoit.

Koose Muniswamy Veerappan ( January 18, 1952 – October 18, 2004 ), commonly known as Sandalwood Veerappan, was an Indian dacoit active for years in a broad swath of scrub and forest land covering 6, 000 km² in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Faced with his assault, the third dacoit tried to escape, but was caught by the stunned spectators and was subsequently handed over to the police.

The train is robbed by bandits but the passengers are saved by Bulwa ( Ajay Devgan ), a local dacoit.

The place was named after famous Portuguese dacoit " Rada " ( pronunciation-Raw-ra ) of late 17th Century.

1985 – Nirbhay Singh