Babar Deva
Babar Deva (1885–1924) (Hindi: बाबर देवा) was a notorious and infamous dacoit who was born in the Koli family of Gorelgaon in Borsad taluka of Anand district in Gujarat. He had committed many murders in Gujarat but on getting cheated, he also killed his family members, due to which he came to be infamous in the whole of Gujarat as well as in the adjoining areas of Gujarat. Babar Dev's father was also an outlaw and Babar was born in 1885 to him. Deva had committed the first murder of his life of the Patel (Mukhiya) of  his village who was a Patidar by caste. Babar Deva is seen as a hero. He met a Bania social worker, after which he vowed to rob British officers and treasury instead of killing and robbing people. Babar Deva also supported Mahatma Gandhi's movement. Babar Deva had committed more than 24 murders and when he came to know that his family members were informing the British government, he also killed them, then after some time he had also killed his sister for the same reason. Babar Deva also cut off the noses of the people because they had given  information about Babur to the British government. Babur had maintained his fear for seven years and the government could never catch him. The army was unable to capture Babur every time. But once Babar had robbed the house of a Patidar in Kaniyagaon of Petlad taluka, during that time he was caught by the army of the princely state of Baroda and was imprisoned in Petlad jail. In 1919, Babur escaped from the jail of Petlad and committed two major robberies and also killed people. In 1920, he made 15 big dacoits by forming a big gang and in the  same year Babar also killed his sister. Reform. In 1922, Babar changed himself and made a social reformer his companion who worked for Hinduism and the poor. Gradually Babar also started working for the poor like a messiah. He never harassed any poor, women and children. Babar gave money to poor farmers for marriage and for digging wells, after which people started seeing him as a messiah. In the middle of the year 1923, Babar organized a festival in the village, fed the cows and distributed sweets to the children. Not only this, Babur also provided protection to the jagirdars . Babar died at the end of the year 1923.