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Although hijras were already criminalised by Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, in 1861, authorities of the North-Western Provinces (NWP) sought to enact a 'special law' against hijras. [45] By 1870, no high-ranking British officials argued against the implementation of special legislation to address the 'hijra problem', thus solidifying an ...
Placards such as this one were placed above street signs at the district's official naming ceremony on January 16, 2010. The Mahatma Gandhi District (popularly known as Harwin or occasionally Little India) is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian ...
Texas has "no legal mechanism to recognize tribes," as journalists Graham Lee Brewer and Tristan Ahtone wrote. [7] The Texas Commission for Indian Affairs, later Texas Indian Commission, only dealt with the three federally recognized tribes and did not work with any state-recognized tribes before being dissolved in 1989. [2]
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is home to one of the oldest Indian American communities in Texas. Despite harsh immigration laws being passed in the early and mid 1900s, such as the Immigration Act of 1917 and the 1946 Luce-Celler Act, Indian immigrants, mainly skilled farmers from North India seeking agricultural work came to the region.
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Hijras of Delhi. Hijra generally describes the self-organised spiritual and social community (from either the Hindu or Muslim religious traditions) of transgender women in North India, while in a historical sense it can also denote eunuchs in the Western sense of the word (as males who have been castrated and who serve as members of a royal or noble court).
It is the traditional dress of women in Kerala, a state in the southwestern part of India. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] The basic traditional piece is the mundu or lower garment which is the ancient form of the saree denoted in Malayalam as 'Thuni' (meaning cloth), while the neriyathu forms the upper garment the mundu.
Berhampur Patta or Brahmapuri Patta saree is registered (application no. 220) under the Geographical Indications (GI) of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act by Government of India. [1] The "sari" meant for women and the "joda" meant for men. For this famous silk work, Brahmapur is also known as silk city of India.