NCERT Important Questions Class 9 Social Science History Chapter 5
Important NCERT Extra Questions
Chapter 5 Pastoralists in the Modern World
NCERT Book Extra Questions for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and UP Board Others state Board
Why did the colonial government in India pass the Criminal Tribes Act?
Share
In 1871, the colonial government passed the criminal Tribes Act.
(i) The colonial government wanted to rule over a settled population. Such a population was easy to identify and control.
(ii) Those who were settled were seen as peaceable and law abiding; and those who were nomadic were considered to be criminals.
(iii) By this Act, many communities of craftsmen, traders and pastoralists were classified as criminal tribes.