"A Penny for a Thought...."

The Thugs (originally called Thuggee or Tuggee meaning "deceivers") were an Indian network of secret fraternities engaged in murdering and robbing travellers. The Thuggee groups consisted both of Hindus and Muslims though their patron deity was the Hindu Goddess Kali.[1] Some writers classify the thugs as a religious cult or sect.[2] They operated from as early as the thirteenth century until they were suppressed by the British the nineteenth century. "A thug is what the Britsh called the Indan Rebels..." Mangal Pandey: The Rising is based on the life of Mangal Pandey, an Indian soldier who is known for his role in the Indian rebellion of 1857.