The Confession of Sultana Daku is a 2009 historical novel by Sujit Saraf. The novel is about the swashbuckling criminal career of Sultana Daku (Daku is the Hindi for bandit ), undisputedly the most notorious dacoit in modern India's history.The Real History of the Terror called Sultana He, actually, belonged to bhantu clan of criminals who terrorized the United Provinces (as Uttar Pradesh was then known) in 1920. The novel begins after he is captured by the ruling British and thrown into the Haldwani Gaol.Bhupesh Bhandari: Sordid tales of bandit Sultana Here, just, a few hours to the gallows, he has a change of heart and he requests for Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Pearce, the officer who played a major role in capturing him.Review at Telegraph
The officer, interested in Indian culture,Review in Dawn by Saba Sulaiman always keeps paper and a pencil ready, so Sultana easily persuades him to record his biography because he wants his clansmen, especially his son, to know his thoughts and feelings during the upheavals of his life of crime. The account describes his feelings, including his love for his horse Chetak (the choice of name indicates his love for chivalry, that being the historical mount of Maharana Pratap), while his dog's name, Rai Bahadur, perhaps suggests his contempt for titular kingsHonour Killing
See also Sultana Daku 1920 Revolt
References
External links Hanging by a Tale - Michael Jansen At Flipkart India