Thug: The True Story Of India's Murderous Cult (60 page)

Dacca,
1

dacoits,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

methods of,
1

darogahs,
see
police

datura (poison),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Davey (Hindu goddess),
1
&n,
2
,
3
,
4

De Quincey, Thomas,
1

Deccan,
1
,
2
,
3

Thugs of,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Deen, Davey,
1

Deen, Gunga,
1
n

Deen, Jumulud,
1
n

Dehli Sultanate,
1

Dekola,
1

Delhi,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

becomes British,
1

ravaged by Sindhia,
1

Thug origins in,
1
,
2

Dhoba,
1

Dhoma,
1

Dhoosoo (Thug),
1
,
2

Dhoree,
1

Dhunraj Seth Pokur Mal (banking firm),
1

Dhunraj Seth,
1
,
2
,
3

disease,
see
India, mortality in

Doab (province),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
n,
5
,
6

becomes British,
1

Thugs of,
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,
2
,
3
,
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,
5

Doolea,
1

Dorgha (Thug),
1

Doult (approver),
1

Dullal (Thug),
1

Durbhunga,
1

dysentery,
1

East India Company

administration of,
1

attempts to suppress Thuggee: (1812),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;

(1814),
1
;

(1821–2),
1
;

(1826),
1
;

(1829–40),
1

collectors and revenues of,
1
,
2
&n

directors of, on Thugs’ guilt,
1

early history of,
1

fear of Thug escapes from jail,
1

ignorance of Thuggee,
1
,
2

magistrates of,
1
,
2
&n

opium trade and,
1

policy regarding Thugs,
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,
2
,
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,
4
,
5

political officers of,
1

records of,
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,
2
,
3

and relations with Indian women,
1
&n

relaxation of standards set for arrest and conviction of Thugs,
1

rewards offered for Thugs,
1

romanticization of Thuggee,
1

scepticism of, regarding existence of Thuggee,
1
,
2

sentencing policy of, regarding Thugs,
1

service with,
1

spread in belief in hereditary criminal groups among officers of,
1

transformation into a territorial power,
1

understanding of Thugs,
1

see also
anti-Thug campaign; police, East India Company; residents

economy, Indian, depression of 1820s,
1
,
2
,
3

Eden, Emily,
1
,
2
,
3

Eden, Fanny,
1
,
2

Ellichpore,
1
,
2
,
3

Elliott, John,
1

Ernst, Thomas,
1
&n

Essuree (Thug inveigler),
1
,
2
,
3

Etawah,
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,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

climate of,
1
&n

control passes to British,
1

dacoit attacks in,
1

described,
1

in early
1
th century,
2

history of,
1

policing of,
1

reputation of,
1

resistance to British rule in,
1

roads of,
1
,
2
,
3

Thug murders around,
1

Everest, George,
1

exhumations, see Thugs, exhumation of victims of

fakirs,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Feringeea (Thug leader),
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
n,
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,
7

affection for family,
1

aliases of,
1

appearance and character of,
1
,
2

becomes an approver,
1

captured by Sleeman,
1

career of: to 1819,
1
,
2
,
3
;

during 1820s,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
;

during 1830s,
1

claims title of jemadar,
1

escapes capture of his gang,
1
,
2

family captured by Sleeman,
1
,
2

flees half-dressed,
1

flees naked,
1

hides in Jhansee district,
1

homes of,
1
,
2
,
3

jailed by Beharee Lal,
1

jailed on the Nerbudda river,
1

knowledge of other Thugs and gangs,
1

murders Mughalanee,
1

number of victims,
1

relative success of,
1
,

significance of, to British,
1
,
2

Sleeman’s opinion of,
1

spares servant girl,
1

takes service with British,
1

on Thug omens and proscriptions,
1

variety of victims of,
1

‘fishing fleet’,
1

Fontenne, Amélie de,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Forbes, James,
1

Foreign Quarterly Review
,
1

Fraser, Charles,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Fryer, John,
1
,
2

Futtehpore,
1

Ganges (river),
1
,
2

Ganges water carriers,
1
,
2
,
3

general warrants,
see
anti-Thug campaign

Ghasee Subadar,
1

Ghazeepore,
1

godna (tattooing needle),
1
,
2

Golab (Thug),
1

Gomanee (Thug),
1

gomashtas (Indian bankers’ agents),
1
,
2

goor (unrefined sugar used in rituals),
1

Gopulpoor, Rajah of,
1

Gordon, Stewart,
1
,
2

Gorha,
1
,
2

Gorruckpore,
1

gosains,
1

Graham, Mrs,
1

Grand Trunk Road,
1
,
2

Great Exhibition,
1

griffins,
1

groves,
1
,
2

Gujerat,
1
,
2
,
3

Gumboo (Thug),
1

Gumush Chuprassee,
1

Gupta, Hirlal,
1

Gwalior,
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,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
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,
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,
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,
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n,
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