Editing Thug Behram (section)

{{Short description|Thuggee cult leader}}
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{{Infobox criminal
| name          = Thug Behram Chor
| birth_date    = {{circa|1765}}

| birth_place   = 
| death_date    = 1840 (aged 74–75)
| death_place   = [[Jabalpur]], [[Company Raj]]
| nationality   = [[India]]n
| death_cause   = [[Execution by hanging]]
| occupation    = Leader of the Thuggee cult in [[Oudh]]
| conviction    = Murder
| years active  = 1790–1840
| victims       = 125 confirmed, suspect to be 931
}}
'''Thug Behram''' ({{circa|1765}} – 1840), also known as '''Buhram Jamedar''' and the '''King of the Thugs''', was a leader of the [[Thuggee]] cult active in [[Awadh]] in central [[British Raj|India]] during the late 18th and early 19th century, and is often cited as one of the world's most prolific [[serial killers]]. He may have been involved in up to 931 murders by strangulation between 1790 and 1840 performed with a ceremonial [[rumāl]], a handkerchief-like cloth used by his cult as a [[garrote]]. Only 125 were confirmed.<ref>[[Mike Dash|Dash, Mike]] (2005). ''Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult''. London: Granta pp.283-9</ref><ref>''The Top Ten of Everything 1996'' (Page 65). {{ISBN|0-7894-0196-7}}</ref><ref>Rubinstein, William D. (2004) ''Genocide: A History''. Pearson Education Limited. p.83</ref>