14 Facts About Manya Surve

Manya Surve was one of the educated gangsters who graduated from college and was very well known for challenging and defeating existing gangs.

Manya Surve was killed in 1982 by the Maharashtra police in what is regarded as Mumbai's first encounter killing.

Manohar Arjun Manya Surve was born in 1944 in the village of Ranpar in the Konkan Ratnagiri region, located in the Central Deccan Division of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency, British Indian Empire.

Manya Surve moved to Bombay with his mother and stepfather in 1952.

Manya Surve then fell into street life, eventually forming a crew consisting of former classmates.

In 1969, Surve, Dada and associate Manya Podhkar were all charged in the homicide and gang assault of a man named Dandekar.

Manya Surve utilized this opportunity to escape on 14 November 1979 and returned to the streets of Mumbai, having served over nine years of his sentence.

Borrowing the plot from a James Hadley Chase novel, which he had read in prison, Manya Surve decided to loot money from the government milk scheme in a bid to gain money as well as recognition from the Mumbai underworld.

Manya Surve was involved in narcotics trafficking, as he saw that the profits derived from it were considerable.

On 11 January 1982, Manya Surve took a taxi to the Ambedkar College junction in Wadala.

Manya Surve was dragged from the scene and put in an ambulance.

Manya Surve's death became known as Mumbai's first recorded encounter killing.

The life of Manya Surve inspired and provided the basis for the 1990 gangster film, Agneepath.

The life of Manya Surve is portrayed in the 2013 Bollywood film Shootout at Wadala, starring John Abraham as Manya Surve.