Question

Name the leader who first referred the dalit as Harijan ??

Answer 1

Mahatma Gandhi was the leader who first referred the dalits as harijans

Answer 2

Mahatma Gandhi coined the word Harijan ,transalated roughly as people of god ,to identify untouchables in 1933. The name was dislike by Ambedkar as it emphasised the Dalits as belonging to the greater Hindu nation rather than being an independent community like Muslim