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Some Hindu priests befriended untouchables and were demoted to low-caste ranks. Eknath, who was an excommunicated Brahmin, fought for the rights of untouchables during the Bhakti period. [9] In the late 1880s, the Marathi word 'Dalit' was used by Jyotirao Phule for the outcasts and untouchables who were oppressed and broken in the Hindu society ...
Due to many caste-based discriminations in Nepal, the government of Nepal legally abolished the caste-system and criminalized any caste-based discrimination, including "untouchability", in 1963. [8] Untouchability has been outlawed in India, Nepal and Pakistan. However, "untouchability" has not been legally defined.
The Caste system does not demarcate racial division. The Caste system is a social division of people of the same race." [333] Various sociologists, anthropologists and historians have rejected the racial origins and racial emphasis of caste and consider the idea to be one that has purely political and economic undertones. Beteille writes that ...
Despite being outlawed in 1950, the caste system, which categorizes Hindus at birth and once forced the so-called “untouchables” or Dalits to the margins of society, is still omnipresent in ...
A man belonging to Chandala or Namasudra caste in East Bengal in 1860. Chandala (Sanskrit: चण्डाल) is a Sanskrit word for someone who deals with the disposal of corpses, and is a Hindu lower caste, [1] traditionally considered to be untouchable. [2] [3]
The Namasudra community was considered as untouchable in the eyes of the caste Hindu communities. [2] They were traditionally engaged in fishing and as boatmen, [3] in the marshy swamps of their native lands. Over the years, as the wetlands were reclaimed for agricultural purposes, they turned to peasant agriculture as a major occupation.
The Dalit community is on the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system and members have been treated as "untouchables." India outlawed caste discrimination over 70 years ago.
Ilaiyaraaja, Indian music composer [40] [41] Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian Punjabi singer and songwriter [42] Arivu, Indian rapper and songwriter [43] Ginni Mahi, Indian singer [44] Sumeet Samos, Indian anti-caste rapper [45] Vedan, Indian rapper and songwriter [46]