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Thuggee religious devotion to Kali involves human strangulation. [Indian Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1080] See : Murder How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was thereabouts that Feringhea, the Thuggee chief, king of the stranglers, held his sway. Then he told us he was a Hajji--had been three times to Mecca--come in from French Africa, and that he'd met the nigger by the wayside--just like a case of thuggee, in India--and the nigger had poisoned him. |
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