WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Dalit, commonly known as the ‘untouchables’ in India and other South Asian countries, are born into a lifetime of marginalisation, exclusion and human rights violations. They are strictly ‘ranked’ – based on their descent – and are thereby placed at the lowest echelon of society’s classes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mahatma Gandhi called ‘untouchables’, Harijans, or simply “Children of God”, and long worked for their liberation. He declared that India would not attain Swaraj for 100 years if untouchability was not eliminated.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dalit is a term that the so-called lower castes use to address themselves. Dalit means broken and by using this word, lower castes are pointing to how they were, and continue to be, seriously discriminated against. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-4: -Untouchability is the individual discrimination against certain classes of persons. Dalits are sometimes called Untouchables. Untouchables are regarded as ‘low caste’ and have been marginalized for centuries.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Scheduled Castes are known as Adivasis and the Scheduled Tribes are known as Dalits.