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The tribals may be deliberated the natives of the land and with the their rights which were suppressed. It led to the outbreak of a services of tribal uprisings in the 19th century. The ethnic attempts were a basic feature of the tribal revolts. The rebels saw themselves not as a president class but as having a tribal class which was noticeable unless they co-operated with the British.  Revolts normally began at a point where the tribals felt so oppressed, that they had no other alternative than to fight. They were in the form of spontaneous attack on outside looting their property and expelling them from their villages. Often religious and charismatic leaders emerged at this stage and promised divine Interference end to their suffering at the hands of outsiders and asked their fellow tribals to rise and rebel against the foreign authority.  The warfare between the tribals rebels and the British armed forces was totally unequal. However the movement had definitely weaknesses. ...

The Nomadic and Denotified tribes constitute about 60 million all over India. Due to the wandering traditions over hundreds of years without any ostensible means of livelihood under the influence of the caste system, they are forced to live under sub human conditions. The large section of these tribes is known as "Vimukta jaatis" or the Ex-Criminal Tribes because they were branded as criminals by birth under the "Criminal Tribes Act, 1871", enacted by the British Government.  In spite of the repeal of the Act in 1952, they are still treated as Criminals by birth and subjected to harassment and persecution at the hands of the police and the state machinery. These tribes have had wandering traditions from generation after generation and they have hardly been integrated in the society. In fact, the society has always looked at them with mistrust and suspicion due to the stigma of criminality attached with them. In that sense, they have been living a life of isolation f...