Criminal Tribes Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:action
gptkbp:consequence stigmatization of communities
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:racism
collective punishment
violation of human rights
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1871
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:British_colonial_government
gptkbp:historicalSignificance example of colonial social control
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Criminal Tribes Act
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Denotified_Tribes
gptkbp:purpose to classify certain communities as 'criminal tribes'
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
1949
gptkbp:replacedBy Habitual Offenders Act, 1952
gptkbp:targetedCommunities nomadic and semi-nomadic communities
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vimukta
gptkb:Denotified_Tribes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8