Which Act did the colonial government pass in $1871$ ? What was its main provision?

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In $1871$ , the colonial government in India passed the Criminal Tribes Act. By this act many communities of crafthmen, traders and pastoralists were classified as Criminal Tribes and were ordered to live only in notified village settlements.

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