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[[File:(A)_cow_dung_cooking_fuel_cakes_being_produced_at_Chunar,_Uttar_Pradesh_India.jpg|The production of [[dung cakes]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]; dung cakes are a common fuel source in the region.<ref name="Dung-work" />|alt=Hand-made parcels of manure laid outside in the sun to dry|thumb|right]]
Phoolan Devi's mother was called Moola and her father Devidin. Phoolan Devi had four sisters and one brother
Following these events, Phoolan Devi's parents decided to [[arranged marriage|arrange a marriage]] for her. She was married to a man called Puttilal, who offered 100 Indian rupees (R; equivalent to 400 Rs or £4.20 in 2023), a cow, and a bicycle to her parents. According to the version related by her to her biographer [[Mala Sen]], it was agreed that Phoolan Devi would live with him after three years had passed, but less than three months later, Puttilal came back and took her away.<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|44–45}} He was three times her age; she refused his sexual advances and fell sick. When her parents came and collected her, they took her to a doctor who diagnosed [[measles]].<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|45–46}}<ref name="BBC-Champion">{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Alastair |title=Phoolan Devi: Champion of the poor |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1456441.stm |access-date=18 December 2022 |work=BBC News |date=25 July 2001 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925043607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1456441.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
When Phoolan Devi was back in Gorha Ka Purwa, the second son of the village leader became infatuated with her, and when she did not reciprocate his affections, he attacked her.<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|49,51}} Again, Phoolan Devi needed to leave the village and Maiyadin pressured the family to ask Puttilal to take her back, which he did; in the meantime, he had taken another wife who enjoyed mistreating her. After several years, Puttilal abandoned Phoolan Devi beside the Yamuna river and she again returned to the parental home.<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|52–53}} In January 1979, Maiyadin destroyed the family's crops and began to chop down a [[neem]] tree on their land. When Phoolan Devi threw stones at him and wounded his face, she was arrested by the local police and detained for one month.<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|60–61}} She later told ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that she was arrested because Maiyadin accused her of robbing him.<ref name="Atlantic" /> Mala Sen asked her if she had been raped at the police station, and Phoolan Devi replied "They had plenty of fun at my expense and beat the hell out of me too".<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|60–61}}<ref name="Telegraph-Sen-Obit">{{cite news |title=Mala Sen |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8546445/Mala-Sen.html |access-date=18 December 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=30 May 2011 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921203614/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8546445/Mala-Sen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sen notes that it is common for victims of [[sexual assault]] to avoid or repress talking about what happened to them. Sen also observes that from the mid-1970s onwards, Indian feminist groups were recording many instances of women being attacked and murdered by men.<ref name="Sen" />{{rp|55, 61}}<ref name="Atlantic" /> The director of the ''[[Women's Feature Service]]'' commented that "quite often rape is used as a method of control and punishment to keep women in their place".<ref name="Lahksmanan">{{cite news |last1=Lahksmanan |first1=Indira A. R. |title=Feminist Robin Hood faced with another Fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/137800826/?clipping_id=126298171&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEzNzgwMDgyNiwiaWF0IjoxNjg2NjU0ODQwLCJleHAiOjE2ODY3NDEyNDB9.bjiHbW7R7FhLz9vDKTcyrDhhxAm3L4I2mgbv8L9KG_8 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=13 August 1997 |page=3A |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620135614/https://www.newspapers.com/image/137800826/?clipping_id=126298171&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEzNzgwMDgyNiwiaWF0IjoxNjg2NjU0ODQwLCJleHAiOjE2ODY3NDEyNDB9.bjiHbW7R7FhLz9vDKTcyrDhhxAm3L4I2mgbv8L9KG_8 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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