The Banjara are a community of nomadic people from the northwestern belt of Indian subcontinent. The Banjara people were transporters of goods such as salt, grains, firewood and cattle. During the 19th century, the British colonial authorities brought the community under the purview of Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 and thus curbed their movement.[17] The stigma attached to this continued until 1952 when the Act was abolished by the newly independent India.