ABSTRACT
Social stigmatization is a virtual curse imposed on certain Indian social sections by the colonial government as part of their contextual political strategies by late nineteenth century. The so-called denotified tribes (formerly known as ex-criminal tribes) in Indian society occupy this state-made category. According to the latest survey reports, India has 198 groups belonging to nomadic and denotified tribes: unorganized, scattered and utter nobodies. Social justice is alien to them and economic disempowerment eventually resulted in slavery, bonded labour and poverty. Public welfare measures pay scant attention to the issue of reform and rehabilitation of these sections and, they are made to suffer from an identity crisis today. Most of these communities are split under reserved categories: Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes. The work tries to present a narrative detailing the conditions of denotified tribes during colonial and post-colonial India. And the undeclared wish in doing so is to seek the attention of those in policy-making and decision-making bodies under the Indian government.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Understanding Nomadic and Denotified Communities
part II|12 pages
Status of Nomadic and Denotified Tribes Under Colonial Rule
chapter Chapter 4|10 pages
Colonial Rule and Criminal Tribes: A Study of Criminal Tribes Acts in Andhra Pradesh, 1871–1965
chapter Chapter 5|20 pages
Establishment of Criminal Tribe Settlements in Andhra: A Historical Survey
chapter Chapter 6|10 pages
Tribes in Transition: A Study of Selected Denotified Tribes in Andhra Pradesh
chapter Chapter 7|6 pages
Colonialism and Ex-Criminal Tribes: A Profile of Lingala Settlement in Telangana
part III|1 pages
Administrative Arrangements and Development Issues
chapter Chapter 11|14 pages
General Conditions and Administration in Settlements: A Case Study of Siddhapuram and Stuartpuram
chapter Chapter 13|9 pages
Economic Profile of Denotified Tribe Settlements in Andhra Pradesh: A Study of Siddhapuram Settlement
chapter Chapter 19|11 pages
Development of Nomadic/Denotified Tribes: Official Reports and Recommendations
part IV|1 pages
Health and Education
chapter Chapter 20|12 pages
Health Interventions by Missionaries: A Study of Ex-Settlements in Andhra Pradesh
part V|1 pages
Reform and Change in South India