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    prescribed area. The Criminal Tribes Act 1924 was repealed in August 1949 and former "criminal tribes" were denotified in 1952, when the Act was replaced with...
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  • Denotified Tribes are the tribes in India that were listed originally under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871, as Criminal Tribes and "addicted to the systematic...
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    One issue particularly impacted on Thevar's political career. The Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) had been enacted in 1920 by the government of the Madras Presidency...
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    Koli people (category Scheduled Tribes of India)
    20th century, the Koli caste was recognised as a denotified tribe under Criminal Tribes Act by the Indian Government because of their anti-social activities...
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    The Nomadic Tribes and Denotified Tribes consist of about 60 million people in India, out of which about five million live in the state of Maharashtra...
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    Waddars have traditionally been migratory. They were placed under the Criminal Tribes Act by the British. Their first caste association was formed in Chitradurga...
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  • be a ‘criminal tribe’ under the Criminal Tribes Act were to be known as denotified tribes under the new Habitual Offenders Act. Under this act, these...
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    Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for...
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    there. Jambulinga Mudaliar vehemently opposed the Criminal Tribes Act and only the Criminal Tribes Act against the Vanniyar Padayachi of the South Arcot...
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    were brought under the Criminal Tribes Act. By 1931, the colonial government included 237 criminal castes and tribes under the act in the Madras Presidency...
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    Criminal Tribes Act (1871), subject to registration, monitoring and stigmatisation. Because of economic costs, hijras and other so-called "criminal tribes"...
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  • Yerukala people (category Scheduled Tribes of India)
    being habitual criminals, and so were placed under Criminal Tribes Act, although they were underrepresented in the population of criminals and were most...
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  • Piramalai Kallar (category Denotified tribes of India)
    continuing to oppose the British. They became classified as a criminal tribe under the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA). On 3 April 1920 a group of Piramalai Kallars at...
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    cricket in India. Chunvalia Kolis were classified as a Criminal Tribe under Criminal Tribes Act by government of the British Raj because of their purported...
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  • pitiable conditions of the Criminal Tribes rather than stigmatising them as criminals. As a result, the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 was repealed in 1952...
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  • Sabar people (category Tribes of West Bengal)
    tribe who live mainly in Odisha and West Bengal. During the colonial period, they were classed as one of the 'criminal tribes' under Criminal Tribes Act...
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    Narikurava (category Scheduled Tribes of Tamil Nadu)
    Tamil Nadu. During British rule in India they were placed under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. Hence they stigmatized for a long time, including after...
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  • of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 Criminal Tribes Act, British legislation in India passed in...
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  • Chickens and the Bulls Black Hand Chicago Black Hand Thuggee (See also Criminal Tribes Act) Garduna Markham Gang England Early crime syndicates Jonathan Wild's...
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    that added 'eunuchs' to the Criminal Tribes Act of 1873, an Act that presumed certain communities were predisposed to criminal activity. The amendment introduced...
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    Sansi people (redirect from Sansi tribe)
    Hinduism, was considered primitive, mixed, and debased. After the criminal tribes act was imposed, the Sansi were labelled down to a very pitiful position...
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  • 30% of the salt of all of India. they were listed as a Criminal Tribe under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 by British Indian government because of their...
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  • Pardhi (category Denotified tribes of India)
    check, British Brought the Criminal Tribes Act and branded these tribes as criminals from birth. The criminal branding of the tribe goes back to 1871 after...
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  • colonial period, such groups were often classified as "criminal tribes" under the Criminal Tribes Act, and often lost their traditional sources of income...
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    caste groups, first being those of martial race and other one being Criminal Tribes Act. According to Metcalf, the census exercise further rigidified the...
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    Bhil (redirect from Bhil tribes)
    groups, the Bhils were designated as a criminal tribe by the British colonial government under the Criminal Tribes Act 1871, which meant that a Bhil could...
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  • Banjara (redirect from Banjara (tribe))
    Banjaras as a designated criminal tribe continued until after the independence of India, when the repeal of the Criminal Tribes Act caused them to be classified...
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  • Babaria (category Denotified tribes of India)
    documented by V. T. P. Vivian in his A Handbook of Criminal Tribes of the Punjab (1912). The Criminal Tribes Act was repealed in 1952, after the independence...
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    Meena (category Scheduled Tribes of Rajasthan)
    were described as a "criminal tribe" and listed according to the Criminal Tribes Act. Presently they are described as Scheduled Tribe by the Indian Government...
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  • Kanjar (category Denotified tribes of India)
    In the British Raj, the Kanjaris were listed under the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act as a tribe "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offenses...
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