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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Limey-land: the real âthugeeâ at last!
I am always so amused to read the british administrators of the nineteenth century dream up all sorts of castes in india. They included many thousand backward castes of course. They also included âmartialâ castes and â you guessed it â criminal castes and tribes
Limey-land: the real âthugeeâ at last!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Tribes_Act
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Many of these tribes are present in both India and Pakistan.
Name â Regions â
Badhak Rajasthan [29]
Baghir Rajasthan [29]
Baloch [30] Rajasthan
Banjaras [12] Rajasthan, Punjab
Baoris [31] Rajasthan, Punjab
Baurias [21] Rajasthan, Punjab
Bawarias [12] Rajasthan, Punjab
Chhara Chharanagar, Gujarat
Dhekaros Bhirbhum, West Bengal
Dhikaru West Bengal
<b>Gujjar North India</b>
Hurs [32] Pakistan
Kanjar Rajasthan
Korachas [33] Tamil Nadu
Kurava [12] Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Lambadis Andhra Pradesh
Lodha West Bengal
Mahtam [21] Rajasthan, Punjab, Multan
<b>Meenas [31] Rajasthan</b>
Nat Bihar
Sabar West Bengal
Sansi (nomadic) [21] Rajasthan, Punjab
Phase Pardhi Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Tagas [30] Punjab, Haryana
Vaghari Gujarat
Yerukala [33] Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka
I am always so amused to read the british administrators of the nineteenth century dream up all sorts of castes in india. They included many thousand backward castes of course. They also included âmartialâ castes and â you guessed it â criminal castes and tribes
Limey-land: the real âthugeeâ at last!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Tribes_Act
[QUOTE]
Many of these tribes are present in both India and Pakistan.
Name â Regions â
Badhak Rajasthan [29]
Baghir Rajasthan [29]
Baloch [30] Rajasthan
Banjaras [12] Rajasthan, Punjab
Baoris [31] Rajasthan, Punjab
Baurias [21] Rajasthan, Punjab
Bawarias [12] Rajasthan, Punjab
Chhara Chharanagar, Gujarat
Dhekaros Bhirbhum, West Bengal
Dhikaru West Bengal
<b>Gujjar North India</b>
Hurs [32] Pakistan
Kanjar Rajasthan
Korachas [33] Tamil Nadu
Kurava [12] Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Lambadis Andhra Pradesh
Lodha West Bengal
Mahtam [21] Rajasthan, Punjab, Multan
<b>Meenas [31] Rajasthan</b>
Nat Bihar
Sabar West Bengal
Sansi (nomadic) [21] Rajasthan, Punjab
Phase Pardhi Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh
Tagas [30] Punjab, Haryana
Vaghari Gujarat
Yerukala [33] Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka