The Probert Encyclopaedia of People

THUG

The Thugs (also known as phansigars) were originally a fraternity of Islamic murderous robbers in India who strangled their victims before robbing and burying them. Later, a Hindu sect evolved within the fraternity which strangled their victims as sacrifices to Kali. The systematic suppression of the Thuggee was begun in 1830 and by 1848 Thuggee as an organised system was eliminated.
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