Question

What were the british officials suspicious of the nomadic people?

Answer 1

The british officials were suspicious of the nomadic people because the pastoral nomads used pastures to feed their cattle but the British took it in a different way. They said that the animals munched the young plants while grazing and also did not allow them to grow.

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Answer 2

1. The British Officials were suspicious of nomadic people.
2. They wanted the rural people to live in the villages, in fixed places with fixed rights on particular fields. They felt that such a population would be easy to identify and control.
3. Nomadic people were considered to be criminal. Therefore in 1871, the Criminal Tribes Act was passed.
4. By this act, many communities of traders, craftsmen and pastoralists were started to be criminal by nature by birth.

5. These communities were expected to live only in notified village settlements.

6. They were not allowed to move without permit.

7. The village police kept a close watch on them.

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