What is “Untouchability in India”?
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Untouchability, in its literal sense, is the practice of ostracising a group of people regarded as 'untouchables', as ascribed in the Vedic Hindu literature to persons of "low caste" or to persons excluded from the caste system resulting in the segregation and persecutions from the people regarded as "higher" caste.
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Untouchable, also called Dalit, officially Scheduled Caste, formerly Harijan , in traditional Indian society, the former name for any member of a wide range of low-caste Hindu groups and any person outside the caste system.
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