When Was Untouchability Offences Act Passed?

support of these efforts, the Untouchability (Offenses) Act (1955) provides penalties for preventing anyone from enjoying a wide variety of religious, occupational, and social rights on the grounds that he or she is from a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe.

In which year was the Civil Rights Protection Act first passed?

India Code: Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955. Long Title: An Act to prescribe punishment for the preaching and practice of Untouchability for the enforcement of any disability arising therefrom and for matters connected therewith.

In what year was the untouchability Act changed into protection of the Civil Rights Act?

This Act was amended by the Untouchability Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision Bill, 1972 which was passed by the parliament and enforced with effect from 1976, which has been renamed as Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955.