Maoists, took the appearance of a band of outlaws in and around West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa border. They used to live in the jungles and made military style guerrilla attacks on the British sponsored East India Company. They were called as the Cowboys, who more or less looked like the Robin Hood of the fables. They took money from the rich and gave it to the poor or they fought for the welfare of villagers. Their groups were filled with idealists though they had a very literate cross-section within them. These Maoists made many idealistic speeches to please the literate sections of the freedom movement. Even now in many villages in India, Maoists are still looked upon as the saviors of poor people.