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Revolt & Crown Rule

India · 1871Criminal Tribes Act and the first census attempt under Crown rule

Under Viceroy Lord Mayo, colonial administration expanded through the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, the first systematic census attempt of 1871–72, and measures of financial decentralisation. Organised resistance remained regional, including the Namdhari (Kuka) movement in Punjab.

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Key figures

Lord Mayo (Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo) — Viceroy of India (1869–72); associated with financial decentralisation, tSatguru Ram Singh — leader of the Namdhari (Kuka) movement; associated with reform, boycott of colonial institutions andAlexander Cunningham — appointed Director-General of the reorganised Archaeological Survey of India in 1871.Abanindranath Tagore — born 7 August 1871; later associated with the Bengal School of Art.C.F. Andrews — born 12 February 1871; later associate of Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.

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