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    Dalit (English: /ˈdælɪt/ from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao...
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  • Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community, who have faced caste-based...
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  • The dalit is a type of short Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with eight syllables each. There is a controversy regarding its origin. One school...
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  • Following is a list of notable Dalit people organised by profession, field, or focus. B.R. Ambedkar, economist and politician Meghnad Saha, astrophysicist...
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    Dalits in Bihar are a social group composed of many Scheduled Castes, placed at the bottom of the "caste-based social order". The Dalits also include some...
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  • The Dalit Panthers is a social organisation that seeks to combat caste discrimination. It was led by a group of Mahar writers and poets, including Raja...
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    Party; abbr. VCK), formerly known as the Dalit Panthers of India or the Dalit Panthers Iyyakkam (transl. Dalit Panthers Movement; abbr. DPI), is an Indian...
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    The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement, Buddhist movement For Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement and Modern Buddhist movement)...
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    com/article/opinion/columns/maharashtra-khairlanji-dalit-rape-murder-una-vemula-caste-system-discrimination-3055056/ "Dalit blood on village square". Frontline. Retrieved...
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    Dalit League is also known as Indian Union Dalit League (IUDL) Indian Political Party and Caste wing of the Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala, India...
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  • Dalit music or Bahujan music is music created, produced, or inspired by Bahujans and Dalits, people often discriminated against on the basis of caste...
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  • The term Dalit Christian or Christian Dalit is used to describe those who have converted to Christianity from other forms of religion in the Indian subcontinent...
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    Dalit theology is a branch of Christian theology that emerged among the Dalit caste in the Indian subcontinent in the 1980s. It shares a number of themes...
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    sometimes referred to as Dalit, meaning "broken" or "dispersed" for the untouchables. The term having been popularised by the Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar...
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  • Pichhda, Dalit, and Muslim (PDM) is a political alliance forged between the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and the Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)...
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  • Dalit Muslim is used to refer to Muslims in the Dalit group. Untouchables, also called Dalits, who have converted to Islam. In theory, converting to Islam...
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  • caste violence also known as the Mirchpur Dalit killings was an incident of violence against the Balmiki Dalits by upper caste Jat villagers in the village...
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  • Dalit Ezhilmalai (24 June 1945 – 6 May 2020) was an Indian union minister. He was a leader of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), and was Union Minister...
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  • disobeying orders to bring a terrorist in Kashmir alive. Vedaa centers on a Dalit girl who is being abused and tortured by the upper caste. She wants to learn...
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    Dalit feminism is a feminist perspective that includes questioning caste and gender roles among the Dalit population and within feminism and the larger...
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  • Dalit Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (Dalit Popular Progressive Federation), political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party works for the rights...
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    Chamar (category Dalit communities)
    Chamar (or Jatav) is a Dalit community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action. They are found throughout the...
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  • Dalit Subbaiah (aka Lenin; born Pichai; October 24, 1952– February 14, 2022) was an Indian singer, writer, lyricist, and poet known for his contributions...
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  • Narrating Dalit Women's Testimonios is a 2006 book written by Sharmila Rege and published by Zubaan India. This book is a theoretical analysis of Dalit Literature...
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  • The Kerala Dalit Federation (KDF), is a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. KDF's President is Mr. P. Ramabhadran. The women's wing of KDF...
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    and social worker from the state of Maharashtra. Sathe was born into a Dalit, untouchable community, and his upbringing and identity were central to...
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  • National Dalit Commission is a Nepali constitutional body established with a view to provide safeguards against the exploitation of Dalits to promote...
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  • In July 2016, seven members of a Dalit family were assaulted by a group of people in pretext of cow protection in Una in Gujarat, India. The video of...
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    Pa. Ranjith (category Dalit people)
    initiative, in honour of the 100 years of Dalit struggle, life-sized sculptures were established and the efforts of the Dalit activists were documented. Neelam...
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    studies in Dalit and Christian history in Kerala. Author of over 140 history and social history books, he was given the title Dalit Bandhu by Dalit organizations...
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