in the movie gunga din, a rebel group had an unusual name i.e. wooly pullys or hebe gebies. what was there name?

In the movie, the cult was the Thuggees(pronounced tug ges) or thugs. They were famous in India for murder.

The "woolie bullies" referred to by the British soldiers were fuzzy headed warriors the soldiers would have encountered while stationed in Africa in the mid 1800's