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    The Thuggee were an organized gang of robbers and assassins in central and upper India who claimed to be serving the goddess Kali. They would strangle their victims in ritual sacrifices. The East India Company used force to destroy the Thuggee in 1830, stamping out the practice. Zamindars were powerful landlords and tax collectors in India who had private armies. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, they became less willing to accept imperial rule or pay taxes, oppressing Muslims in the process.

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    The Thuggee were an organized gang of robbers and assassins in central and upper India who claimed to be serving the goddess Kali. They would strangle their victims in ritual sacrifices. The East India Company used force to destroy the Thuggee in 1830, stamping out the practice. Zamindars were powerful landlords and tax collectors in India who had private armies. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, they became less willing to accept imperial rule or pay taxes, oppressing Muslims in the process.

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    The Thuggee were an organized gang of robbers and assassins in central and upper India who claimed to be serving the goddess Kali. They would strangle their victims in ritual sacrifices. The East India Company used force to destroy the Thuggee in 1830, stamping out the practice. Zamindars were powerful landlords and tax collectors in India who had private armies. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, they became less willing to accept imperial rule or pay taxes, oppressing Muslims in the process.

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    The Thuggee were an organized gang of robbers and assassins in central and upper India who claimed to be serving the goddess Kali. They would strangle their victims in ritual sacrifices. The East India Company used force to destroy the Thuggee in 1830, stamping out the practice. Zamindars were powerful landlords and tax collectors in India who had private armies. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, they became less willing to accept imperial rule or pay taxes, oppressing Muslims in the process.

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    Who were the Thuggee?

    4
    Level 1: One mark for each relevant point, two marks for a developed
    statement1–4
    e.g.
    They were armed robbers, involved in ritual murder, who terrified people
    Present in central and upper India
    Claimed they were serving a goddess, Kali
    East India Company (EIC) used force to destroy them in 1830 and stamped
    out the practice
    Indians / Hindus and Muslims

    Meaning concealment; a secret society

    Who were zamindars? 4


    e.g.
    Landlords/tax collectors.
    Wealthy and influential, some had private armies.
    After death of Aurangzeb they were increasingly unwilling to accept rule of
    any new emperor or to make payments to government in Delhi.
    Beard tax imposed which annoyed Muslims.
    Muslims were oppressed by zamindars from the 1800’s onwards,

    especially in East Bengal.

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