Nomadic tribes in India
The Nomadic Tribes and
Denotified Tribes consist of about 60 million people in India, out of which about five million live in the state of Maharashtra
. There are 315 Nomadic Tribes and 198 Denotified Tribes.
A large section of the Nomadic pastoralist tribes are known as vimukta jatis or 'free / liberated jatis' because they were classed as such under the
British rule in India
.
After
The Government of India established the National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic tribes in 2005 to study the developmental aspects of such tribes.[4]
See also
- Denotified tribes of India
- Nomads of India
- Nomadic peoples of Europe
- Rajasthani people
References
- ^ Motiraj Rathod, Denotified and Nomadic Tribes in Maharashtra Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Neelabh Mishra (6 October 2018). "A Little Caravanserai". Outlook. 248 (140): 314.
- ^ List of Castes - Maharashtra State Archived 2010-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "About Us". National Commission for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi Nomadic tribes. Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
External links
- National Commission for denotified, Nomadic & Semi-nomadic Tribes, Official website Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- "Jaisalmer Ayo! Gateway of the Gypsies" sheds light on the lifestyle, culture and politics of nomadic life in Rajasthan as it follows
a group of snake charmers, storytellers, musicians, artists and blacksmiths as they make their way across the Thar Desert to Jaisalmer.