Untouchable

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In India's caste system, an untouchable, dalit, or achuta is a person outside of the four castes, and considered 'below' them. Untouchables include such people as leather-workers. There are various castes within untouchable, the lowest ranking generally considered to be the Bhangis.

Harijan is the polite form for untouchable coined by Mahatma Gandhi which means "Children of God" (Hari is another name for Vishnu, Hindu God).

External links

• Untouchable @ National Geographic Magazine - National Geographic magazine's coverage on Untouchable
• Google Directory Listing for Dalit

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Untouchable" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untouchable, used under the GNU Free Documentation License