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The 1891 census counted India—but struggled to understand it

The 1891 census was built upon foundations laid a decade earlier by the 1881 census. Its success can be attributed to a longer, more meticulous...

26.10.2026 10

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Gaurav Kalyani

Why the British Raj counted India’s infirm population

Poorly trained enumerators and cultural and social stigmas left early colonial disability statistics drastically inaccurate and skewed.

19.10.2026 10

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Gaurav Kalyani

How the 1872 census struggled to map India’s caste hierarchy

The first broad Indian census exercise in 1872 showed the reach of colonial knowledge, even as its data remained uneven and incomplete.

23.07.2026 50

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