Government of IndiaBrief View of the Caste System of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh, Together with an Examination of the Names and Figures Shown in the Census Report, 1882, Being an Attempt to Classify on a Functional Basis all the Main Castes of the United Provinces, and to Explain their Gradations of Rank and the Process of their Formation.
Author: Nesfield, John Collinson
Keywords: Indian Society, British India, Awadh, North Western Provinces, J.C. Nesfield, Castes, Caste system
Publisher: North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad
Description: This work starts with a mention of the first Census attempts of the British in India. It takes the Census report of 1881 published in 1882 as its base. The work is an account of the various groups identified here as ‘castes’ and ‘tribes’ of North Western Provinces and Awadh under the British in the nineteenth century. It gives descriptions of the occupations of each group, their internal divisions, process of formation, religious practices, customs and traditions, etc.
Source: Central Secretariat Library
Type: Rare Book
Received From: Central Secretariat Library
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Nesfield, John Collinson |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-23T12:53:32Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-23T12:53:32Z |
| dc.description | This work starts with a mention of the first Census attempts of the British in India. It takes the Census report of 1881 published in 1882 as its base. The work is an account of the various groups identified here as ‘castes’ and ‘tribes’ of North Western Provinces and Awadh under the British in the nineteenth century. It gives descriptions of the occupations of each group, their internal divisions, process of formation, religious practices, customs and traditions, etc. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | v, 132 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad |
| dc.subject | Indian Society, British India, Awadh, North Western Provinces, J.C. Nesfield, Castes, Caste system |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1885 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-004394 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.contributor.author | Nesfield, John Collinson |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-23T12:53:32Z |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-23T12:53:32Z |
| dc.description | This work starts with a mention of the first Census attempts of the British in India. It takes the Census report of 1881 published in 1882 as its base. The work is an account of the various groups identified here as ‘castes’ and ‘tribes’ of North Western Provinces and Awadh under the British in the nineteenth century. It gives descriptions of the occupations of each group, their internal divisions, process of formation, religious practices, customs and traditions, etc. |
| dc.source | Central Secretariat Library |
| dc.format.extent | v, 132 p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press, Allahabad |
| dc.subject | Indian Society, British India, Awadh, North Western Provinces, J.C. Nesfield, Castes, Caste system |
| dc.type | Rare Book |
| dc.date.copyright | 1885 |
| dc.identifier.accessionnumber | AS-004394 |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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