Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava, better known as Natwarlal (1912-2001), was a noted India

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n con man

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 known for having repeatedly "sold" the Taj Mahal

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, the Red Fort, and the Rashtrapati Bhavan

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. His life formed the basis of the 1979 Amitabh Bachchan

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 film Mr. Natwarlal

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Natwarlal was arrested several times, but was last seen by authorities on June 24, 1996; the wheelchair-using octogenarian vanished while being transported from prison to a hospital for treatment. In 2009, his lawyer requested that 100 charges pending against Natwarlal be dropped due to Natwarlal's death on July 25; however, Natwarlal's brother subsequently claimed to have cremated him in 1996.

Natwarlal was wanted in 100 cases and he was wanted by 8 states police and was sentences to 113 years in prison.8 times he escaped from different jails.
He was born in Chhapra

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 district of Bihar

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, by profession he was a lawyer.