Thuggee
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thuggee-169-10973985
title:
Thuggee
text:
Thuggee were historical organised gangs of professional robbers and murderers in India. They were said to have travelled in groups across the Indian subcontinent. They usually murdered their victims by strangling using a handkerchief as a tool. The Thuggee were believed to practice their killings as a form of worship toward the goddess Kali. For centuries the authorities of Indian subcontinent such as the Khalji dynasty, the Mughal Empire, and the British Raj attempted to curtail the criminal ac
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Indian gangs of robbers and murderers (14th–19th centuries)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee
date created:
2002-01-14T00:09:08Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:50:17Z
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13
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