Question

During which one of the following decades, ‘Gaddi’ was included in the Scheduled Tribe list in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh?

Options

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

Answer 1

1970s

Explanation:

The Gaddi community in Chamba district was added to the Scheduled Tribe list in the 1970s, following the recognition of the Bharmaur region as a tribal territory in 1975. This decade saw the implementation of the Fifth Five-Year Plan's Integrated Tribal Development Project, which aimed to enhance the socioeconomic conditions of this transhuman community.