Who are Dalits ? What are they referred to as now ? What problems did they face in the past
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Dalit (from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered", Hindi: दलित, romanized: dalit, same meaning) is a name for people belonging to the lowest caste in India, previously characterised as "untouchable".[1] Dalits were excluded from the four-fold varna system of Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Dalits now profess various religious beliefs, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam and various other belief systems
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Dalit romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered", , romanized: dalit, same meaning is a name for people belonging to the lowest caste in India, previously characterised as "untouchable".
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