Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–48
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Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–48
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The Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–48 in British India under East India Company rule were a series of legal acts that outlawed thugee—a practice in North and Central India involving robbery and ritualized murder and mutilation on highways—and dacoity, a form of banditry prevalent in the same region, and prescribed punishment for the same.
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2023-06-03T05:03:42Z
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