Bahadur (meaning The Brave) was a comic book hero created by Aabid Surti in 1978. The artwork was illustrated by Govind Brahmania and later by Pramod Brahmania.
The comics were published in various languages including Hindi, English and Bengali. Besides regular comics, the series was also featured in dailies and weeklies along with other comic heroes.

The comic strip was created in Dec 1976. Dacoity was at its worst in India in 1970s and the Bahadur series focussed a lot on dacoits. Bahadur himself was the son of a dacoit Vairab Singh, who died in combat with the Police. Bahadur, then a teenager, was adopted by Vishal, the police officer who shot Vairab Singh.

Upon growing up, Bahadur set up the Citizen's Security Force or the Hindi translation Naagrik Suraksha Dal (NASUD) that aids the police in combating dacoits. Though Bahadur dealt with many kinds of villains, he displayed a much softer corner towards dacoits trying to rehabilitate them. One of his assistants Lakhan was also a reformed dacoit. After surrendering to the police, he started helping Bahadur in curbing crime.

Bela is Bahadur's love interest in the comic series and very skilled in martial arts. She assists Bahadur in his missions against the villains. other prominent characters featuring regularly in the series were Sukhiya, Mukhiya and Lakhan. While Sukhiya was a policeman, Mukhiya (meaning head of the village in Hindi) was the village leader. Bahadur also got a dog Chammiya.