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Dalits (Topical Term)
Used for/see from:
- Depressed classes (South Asia)
- Harijans
- Scheduled castes (India)
- Earlier heading: Untouchables
See also:
- Broader heading: Caste South Asia
- Broader heading: Ethnology South Asia
Web. 3 (scheduled caste: untouchable; harijan: untouchable)
LC database, Apr. 14, 2000 (dalits; depressed classes; harijans; scheduled castes; untouchables)
Wikipedia, March 30, 2007 ("dalit" is the latest and most politically correct of many terms used for the former "untouchables" of India; dalites are also found in Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; in Pakistan, more than 60 percent of the 1.4 million person Hindu minority are Dalits)