Editing Thuggee (section)

== Groups ==
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The [[East India Company]] officers since the time of Thomas Perry, who was appointed to [[Etawah]] in 1811, came to understand that there were many Thuggee groups and they all viewed themselves to be different from the other groups.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mike|last=Dash|title=Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XMfasdSA9EC&pg=PA39|date=3 February 2011|publisher=Granta|page=16; 39|isbn=9781847084736}}</ref>

The Thuggee groups were often formed based on their native hometown, although some were also formed based on their professions. The group called "Jamuldahee" was named so because its members lived along the [[Yamuna river]], they hailed from the [[Doab#Yamuna-Ganga Doab|Doab]] and [[Awadh]] regions. Another stated origin is that their ancestor was the Thuggee Jumulud Deen. The Telinganie originated from [[History of Telangana|Telangana]], Arcottees from [[Arcot]] and Beraries from [[Vidarbha|Berar]]. The "Lodaha" group, mostly concentrated in [[History of Bihar|Bihar]], were caravaneers named after the ''lodha'' or load they carried and according to a Thuggee from the Doab, originated from the same ancestors of his clan. The Lodahas were prevalent in the region around [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]] in Bihar and [[British Bengal|Bengal]] during the tenure of Perry and originally hailed from Awadh which they left around 1700. A [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]] Thuggee stated that the "Hindu Thugs of Talghat", located around the [[Krishna River]], didn't marry with the Telinganies whom they considered to be descendants of lower classes as a result of their professions.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mike|last=Dash|title=Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XMfasdSA9EC&pg=PA37|date=3 February 2011|publisher=Granta|page=38; 39|isbn=9781847084736}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Martine van Woerkens|title=The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EiSYciTbyc4C&pg=PA134|page=134|isbn=9780226850863|date=November 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press }}</ref> The "Telinganie" group were also disparagingly called ''Handeewuls'' (from ''[[handi]]'') due to their eating habits.<ref>{{cite book|author=Martine van Woerkens|title=The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EiSYciTbyc4C&pg=PA133|page=133|isbn=9780226850863|date=November 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press }}</ref>

The Pungoo or Bungoo of Bengal derived their name from the region, with the Lodhees or Lodaha also present. The Motheea group of Rampur-[[Purnia]] region was from a caste of weavers and their name derived from the practice of giving "handful" (''muhti'') of the spoils to the head. In the modern-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], the groups were: the "Korkureeas" from Kohrur, "Agureeas" of [[Agra]], "Jumaldahees", "Lodhees" and "Tundals". The "Multaneea" were from [[Multan]]. In [[Madhya Pradesh]], the groups were: "Bangureeas" or "[[Banjara]]s", "Balheems" or "Bulheems", "Khokhureeas" and "Soopurreeas" of [[Sheopur]]. In modern [[Rajasthan]], the groups were "Guguras" whose name derives from river [[Ghaggar]], and the "Sooseeas" who were part of the [[Dhanuk]] clan. The "Dhoulanee" group existed in modern-day [[Maharashtra]]. The "Duckunies" of [[Deccan]] were from [[Munirabad]] and "Kurnaketies" from the [[Carnatic region]]. Another group was called "Kathurs" whose name derives from a bowl called ''kathota'', based on a tradition of a man who held it during celebrations by Thugs. The "Qulundera" group's name was derived from the Muslim saints called ''[[Qalandar (title)|qalandar]]''. There were also [[Jogi (caste)|Jogi]] thugs who were divided into twelve sub-groups.<ref>{{cite book|author=Martine van Woerkens|title=The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiSYciTbyc4C&pg=PA133|page=133;134|isbn=9780226850863|date=November 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press }}</ref>

According to Feringheea, the Brahmins of Tehngoor village of Parihar were taught Thuggee after they accompanied the kings of [[Meo (ethnic group)|Meos]] to Delhi, and later helped in spreading it in the region around Murnae. He also stated that two of his ancestors had settled and intermarried with Brahmins of Murnae about seven generations ago, which led to the introduction of Thuggee in the area. A thug hailing from [[Shikohabad]] whilst talking of his clan's origin, recounted to Perry a tradition that the Munhars were influenced to take up Thuggee after witnessing the immense plunder acquired by Afghans, [[Meo (ethnic group)|Mewatties]] and the [[Shaikhs in South Asia|Sheikhs]].{{sfn|Wagner|2007|p=154-155}}

Sleeman in 1839 identified a band called "Meypunnaists" who he stated abducted children to sell them further. Another band called "Tashmabazes" who used methods introduced by a soldier named Creagh who was deployed at [[Kanpur|Cawnpore]] in 1802 were also identified by him.<ref>{{cite book|author=Martine van Woerkens|title=The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HPc_EgwUg8C&pg=PA103|page=103|isbn=9780226850856|date=November 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press }}</ref> The group called "River Thugs" were based deep in the [[Hugli-Chinsura|Hooghly]] region.<ref name="Mike Dash 249"/>