Multiple choice

In the Indian context the term 'De-notified tribes' refers to

  1. aboriginal tribes

  2. nomadic tribes

  3. tribes living in the Himalayan region

  4. tribes which were earlier classified as criminal tribes
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D Correct answer
Explanation

De-notified tribes are communities that were formerly labeled 'criminal tribes' under the British Colonial Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. After independence, India denotified them in 1952, removing the stigma, though many still face social and economic marginalization.

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