Phoolan Devi
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Phoolan Devi was a controversial Indian bandit-turned-politician, often called the “Bandit Queen,” who became a symbol of both violent retribution and lower-caste resistance before serving as a Member of Parliament.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Phoolan Devi canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18836136 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phoolan Devi Context triple: [Chambal region, notableDacoitsActiveIn, Phoolan Devi]
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A.
Lakshmi Godse
Lakshmi Godse was the mother of Nathuram Godse, the Indian nationalist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
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B.
Hirabai Daboo
Hirabai Daboo was the wife of Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata and a member of a prominent Parsi family in 19th-century Bombay.
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C.
Aruna Shanbaug
Aruna Shanbaug was an Indian nurse whose decades-long coma after a brutal assault led to a landmark euthanasia and patients’ rights case in India.
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D.
Sharika Devi
Sharika Devi is a revered form of the Hindu goddess worshipped primarily in Kashmir, regarded as the presiding deity of the region and especially honored during the Kashmiri New Year festival, Navreh.
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E.
Sachi Devi
Sachi Devi is revered in Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the pious and devoted mother of the saint and religious reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Phoolan Devi Target entity description: Phoolan Devi was a controversial Indian bandit-turned-politician, often called the “Bandit Queen,” who became a symbol of both violent retribution and lower-caste resistance before serving as a Member of Parliament.
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A.
Lakshmi Godse
Lakshmi Godse was the mother of Nathuram Godse, the Indian nationalist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.
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B.
Hirabai Daboo
Hirabai Daboo was the wife of Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata and a member of a prominent Parsi family in 19th-century Bombay.
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C.
Aruna Shanbaug
Aruna Shanbaug was an Indian nurse whose decades-long coma after a brutal assault led to a landmark euthanasia and patients’ rights case in India.
-
D.
Sharika Devi
Sharika Devi is a revered form of the Hindu goddess worshipped primarily in Kashmir, regarded as the presiding deity of the region and especially honored during the Kashmiri New Year festival, Navreh.
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E.
Sachi Devi
Sachi Devi is revered in Gaudiya Vaishnavism as the pious and devoted mother of the saint and religious reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.