1) Who were ‘criminal tribes’? What was the British policy on these tribes in colonial India? Examine. (250 Words)

Scheduled tribes, that britishers included in criminal tribes act were known as criminal tribes.
Britishers policy was to alienate them. They were considered anti social for the rest of the Indian population (endangered). For e.g. Asur tribes in Jharkhand.
1. They were interfering with the colonial administration , and hence came the policy.
2. Geographically they were concentrated in the eastern part of India, britishers prevented them from mingling to the western and rest of the country
3. Britisheres had an special eye on them , to maintain law and order
In recent times, there have been reshuffle in denitified tribes by state governments such as Jharkhand