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Veer Bhai Kotwal

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This article have no source from long time. Ishwarsinh Kotwal (talk) 13:44, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Biology, India, and Maharashtra. Ishwarsinh Kotwal (talk) 13:44, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Scattered mentions in Gbooks, but not enough for notability. Probably more in the native language. As it is, not enough to show notability. Oaktree b (talk) 14:36, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe keep. @Oaktree b: Did you search without the honorific title "Veer"? He's most commonly known as "Bhai Kotwal" without the Veer or Vir (which is a Hindi title given to honor heroes). If you search for that there are tons of hits in google books with snippet views of promise. Note that there are buildings and schools, a road, etc. named after him in India. There was also a 2020 film about his life. He's clearly a well known figure. I might suggest removing the Veer from the title because it literally means/denotes "hero".4meter4 (talk) 15:09, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll try a search without Veer, thanks for the info. Oaktree b (talk) 16:37, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: To be honest, not much more comes up [1] has about a paragraph mentioning him. The entire Gscholar search [2] is about a dozen items... I don't see substantial coverage. I would assume most sources aren't in English, but that's about all I can search for. Oaktree b (talk) 19:37, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have no doubt that the guy is notable, but the article isn't sourced, and I don't find much of anything... It's still a !delete for me. Oaktree b (talk) 19:39, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Revolutionary movement for Indian independence#Kotwal Dasta – Where he is mentionted. Svartner (talk) 06:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep- Have to agree with lack of SIGCOV sources from casual online searching, though I suspect could just be language barrier, like more sources in the subjects native language, the alternative wiki of this sane page, does have additional citations in at least one of them, also found this online with the subject being commemorated with a stamp in the image of him.Lorraine Crane (talk) 19:53, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The nominator appears to have been blocked as a sockpuppet. Zalaraz (talk) 07:04, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 10:36, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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