| LC control no. | no 99026692 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vīrappan |
| Variant(s) | Cantan̲a Vīrappan̲ Veerappan Sandalwood Veerappan Veerappan, K. M. Veerappan, Koose Muniswamy Вираппан Вираппан, Куси Мунисвами Virappan, Kusi Munisvami |
| Associated country | India |
| Birth date | 1952-01-18 |
| Death date | 2004-10-18 |
| Place of birth | Gopinatham (India) |
| Place of death | Papparapatti (Dharmapuri, India) |
| Field of activity | Kidnapping Poaching Wildlife smuggling |
| Profession or occupation | Outlaws Poachers Murderers Smugglers Kidnapper |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | Sereyalli kaḷeda hadinālku dinagaḷu, 1998: p. 4 of cover (Vīrappan) Mutal vēṭṭaiyum mutal kolaiyum, 199-?: t.p. verso (Cantan̲a Vīrappan̲; Sandalwood Veerappan) The hunter on the hunt, 199-?: p. 4 of cover (K.M. Veerappan) Vīrappan̲ vāl̲vum vatamum, 2004: p. 125 (b. Jan. 18, 1952) p. 127 (d. Oct. 18, 2004) Wikipedia, June 9, 2005 (under Veerappan: Koose Muniswamy Veerappan; b. ca. Jan. 18, 1952, Gopinatham, Karnataka; d. Oct. 18, 2004; legendary Tamil bandit) Wikipedia, September 24, 2013 (Veerappan; Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (18 January 1952-18 October 2004), commonly known as Veerappan or Sandalwood Veerappan; born Gopinatham, Karnataka; died Papparapatti, Tamil Nadu; Indian bandit; was wanted for killing approximately 184 people, about half of whom were police officers, including senior police and forest officials. He was also wanted for poaching about 200 elephants and smuggling ivory worth US$2,600,000 and about 10,000 tonnes of sandalwood worth approximately US$22,000,000) Russian page (Вираппан = Virappan; Куси Мунисвами Вираппан = Kusi Munisvami Virappan) Birds, beasts and bandits, 2011: title page (Veerappan) pages vii-viii (born in 1952; India's most wanted bandit; committed first murder in 1987; murders add up to 120; also slaughtered hundreds of elephants for their ivory; in last fifteen years of his life he found kidnapping for ransom more lucrative than poaching and smuggling) |
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