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Thuggee ( UK: / θʌˈɡiː /, US: / ˈθʌɡi /) are actions and crimes carried out by Thugs, historically, organised gangs of professional robbers and murderers in India. The English word thug traces its roots to the Hindi ठग ( ṭhag ), which means ' swindler ' or 'deceiver'.
Jul 16, 2022 · Learn about the Thuggees, a fanatical religious group who strangled travelers in India for centuries. Discover their origin, rituals, motives, and how they were suppressed by the British.
- Joanna Gillan
Learn about the Thuggee, a Hindu cult that murdered thousands of people in India in the 1830s as a sacrifice to their goddess Kali. Discover how they operated, who they targeted, and how they were finally defeated by British authorities.
Thug Behram ( c. 1765 – 1840), also known as Buhram Jamedar and the King of the Thugs, was a leader of the Thuggee cult active in Awadh in central India during the late 18th and early 19th century, and is often cited as one of the world's most prolific serial killers.
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May 4, 2020 · Thug (s) and the crime of thuggee— highway robbery following murder by strangulation using a knotted scarf, captivated British imagination in the middle of the nineteenth century.
- Sagnik Bhattacharya
- s.bhattacharya.1@student.rug.nl
- 2020
Sep 23, 2023 · Thuggee, a term that reverberated with dread, was assigned to describe what was portrayed as a ritualistic symphony of violence, a haunting orchestration of murder, plunder, and depredation.
Nov 18, 2013 · The thuggees were believed to be a professional organization of criminals and assassins who reportedly had strangled thousands of people on India's roadsides....
