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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted edit by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Special:Contributions/2409:40E4:100D:A6C3:C17A:DD99:A7B7:8CD0&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/2409:40E4:100D:A6C3:C17A:DD99:A7B7:8CD0&quot;&gt;2409:40E4:100D:A6C3:C17A:DD99:A7B7:8CD0&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=User_talk:2409:40E4:100D:A6C3:C17A:DD99:A7B7:8CD0&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:2409:40E4:100D:A6C3:C17A:DD99:A7B7:8CD0 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;) to last revision by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/User:WikiDwarf&quot; title=&quot;User:WikiDwarf&quot;&gt;WikiDwarf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l34&quot;&gt;Line 34:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dalits predominantly follow [[Hinduism]] with significant populations following [[Buddhism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. The [[constitution of India]] includes Dalits as one of the [[Scheduled Castes]]; this gives Dalits the [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes#Government initiative to improve the situation of SCs and STs|right]] to protection, [[affirmative action]] (known as [[reservation in India]]), and official development resources.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dalits predominantly follow [[Hinduism]] with significant populations following [[Buddhism]], [[Sikhism]], [[Christianity]], and [[Islam]]. The [[constitution of India]] includes Dalits as one of the [[Scheduled Castes]]; this gives Dalits the [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes#Government initiative to improve the situation of SCs and STs|right]] to protection, [[affirmative action]] (known as [[reservation in India]]), and official development resources.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l34&quot;&gt;Line 34:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Marginalized castes in India and South Asia}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Marginalized castes in India and South Asia}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{For|the legal term|Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{pp-extended|small=yes}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox ethnic group&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox ethnic group&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| group            = Dalit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| group            = Dalit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Representation of the varna system hierarchy, depicting Brahmins (priests) at the highest level and Dalits (historically marginalized as untouchables, considered outside the varna system) at the lowest stratum.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Representation of the varna system hierarchy, depicting Brahmins (priests) at the highest level and Dalits (historically marginalized as untouchables, considered outside the varna system) at the lowest stratum.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalit&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;also called &#039;&#039;&#039;Harijans&#039;&#039;&#039; is a term used for [[Untouchability|untouchables]] and [[Outcast (person)|outcasts]], who represent the lowest stratum of the [[Caste system in India|castes in the Indian subcontinent]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-buddhist-texts-to-east-india-company-to-now-dalit-has-come-a-long-way/articleshow/65678182.cms |title=From Buddhist texts to East India Company to now, &#039;Dalit&#039; has come a long way |website=The Times of India|date=5 September 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dalits were excluded from the fourfold [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] of the caste hierarchy in Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of &#039;&#039;Panchama&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalit&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;({{IPA|en|ˈdælɪt|lang}}, {{IPA|hi|d̪əlɪt̪|lang}} from {{langx|sa|दलित}} meaning &quot;broken/scattered&quot;), &lt;/ins&gt;also called &#039;&#039;&#039;Harijans&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|quote=The clusters of epithet include Outcastes , Exterior – Castes, Depressed Classes, Untouchables, Ex-Untouchables, Harijans and Dalits.|first=Santosh |last=Bharatiya|page=230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-F07ALiguEC&amp;amp;dq=Dalits/harijans&amp;amp;pg=PA230 |publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan |year=2008 |title=Dalit And Minority Empowerment |isbn=978-81-267-1599-2}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ({{IPA|hi|ɦəɾɪdʒən|lang}}) &lt;/ins&gt;is a term used for [[Untouchability|untouchables]] and [[Outcast (person)|outcasts]], who represent the lowest stratum of the [[Caste system in India|castes in the Indian subcontinent]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-buddhist-texts-to-east-india-company-to-now-dalit-has-come-a-long-way/articleshow/65678182.cms |title=From Buddhist texts to East India Company to now, &#039;Dalit&#039; has come a long way |website=The Times of India|date=5 September 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dalits were excluded from the fourfold [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] of the caste hierarchy in Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of &#039;&#039;Panchama&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| group            = Dalit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| group            = Dalit&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Representation of the varna system hierarchy, depicting Brahmins (priests) at the highest level and Dalits (historically marginalized as untouchables, considered outside the varna system) at the lowest stratum.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Representation of the varna system hierarchy, depicting Brahmins (priests) at the highest level and Dalits (historically marginalized as untouchables, considered outside the varna system) at the lowest stratum.]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalit&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;({{IPA|en|ˈdælɪt|lang}}, {{IPA|hi|d̪əlɪt̪|lang}} from {{langx|sa|दलित}} meaning &quot;broken/scattered&quot;), &lt;/del&gt;also called &#039;&#039;&#039;Harijans&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|quote=The clusters of epithet include Outcastes , Exterior – Castes, Depressed Classes, Untouchables, Ex-Untouchables, Harijans and Dalits.|first=Santosh |last=Bharatiya|page=230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-F07ALiguEC&amp;amp;dq=Dalits/harijans&amp;amp;pg=PA230 |publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan |year=2008 |title=Dalit And Minority Empowerment |isbn=978-81-267-1599-2}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ({{IPA|hi|ɦəɾɪdʒən|lang}}) &lt;/del&gt;is a term used for [[Untouchability|untouchables]] and [[Outcast (person)|outcasts]], who represent the lowest stratum of the [[Caste system in India|castes in the Indian subcontinent]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-buddhist-texts-to-east-india-company-to-now-dalit-has-come-a-long-way/articleshow/65678182.cms |title=From Buddhist texts to East India Company to now, &#039;Dalit&#039; has come a long way |website=The Times of India|date=5 September 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dalits were excluded from the fourfold [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] of the caste hierarchy in Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of &#039;&#039;Panchama&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalit&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;also called &#039;&#039;&#039;Harijans&#039;&#039;&#039; is a term used for [[Untouchability|untouchables]] and [[Outcast (person)|outcasts]], who represent the lowest stratum of the [[Caste system in India|castes in the Indian subcontinent]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/from-buddhist-texts-to-east-india-company-to-now-dalit-has-come-a-long-way/articleshow/65678182.cms |title=From Buddhist texts to East India Company to now, &#039;Dalit&#039; has come a long way |website=The Times of India|date=5 September 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dalits were excluded from the fourfold [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] of the caste hierarchy in Hinduism and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of &#039;&#039;Panchama&#039;&#039;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Several scholars have drawn parallels between Dalits and the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Burakumin]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of Japan,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last1=Hankins |first1=Joseph D. |title=Working Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan |date=2014 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-95916-3 |page=113}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Baekjeong]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of [[Korea]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |title=Castes in a Global Perspective – Is Caste Only a Hindu Problem? (Part 6)  |last=Sudrania |first=O. P. |date=9 September 2012 |work=The Chakra |access-date=5 May 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505210317/http://www.chakranews.com/castes-in-a-global-perspective-is-caste-only-a-hindu-problem-part-6/3243 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the [[peasant]] class of the [[medieval Europe]]an [[Feudalism|feudal system]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |last=Noble |first=Thomas |title=The Foundations of Western Civilization |publisher=[[The Teaching Company]] |location=Chantilly, Virginia |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-56585-637-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/foundationsofwes04nobl}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==== Regional terms ====&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==== Regional terms ====&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Southern India, Dalits are sometimes known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Adi Dravida]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Adi Karnataka]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adi Andhra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which literally mean First Dravidians, Kannadigas, and Andhras, respectively. These terms were first used in 1917 by Southern Dalit leaders, who believed that they were the indigenous inhabitants of India.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India |first1=Oliver |last1=Mendelsohn |first2=Marika |last2=Vicziany |author-link2=Marika Vicziany |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1998|isbn=978-0-52155-671-2 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGbp9MjhvKAC&amp;amp;pg=PA3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The terms are used in the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Karnataka]], and [[Andhra Pradesh]]/[[Telangana]], respectively, as a generic term for anyone from a Dalit caste.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}{{clarify|reason=Andhra has now bifurcated – does it apply in Telangana also?|date=July 2017}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Southern India, Dalits are sometimes known as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Adi Dravida]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Adi Karnataka]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Adi Andhra&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, which literally mean First Dravidians, Kannadigas, and Andhras, respectively. These terms were first used in 1917 by Southern Dalit leaders, who believed that they were the indigenous inhabitants of India.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book |title=The Untouchables: Subordination, Poverty and the State in Modern India |first1=Oliver |last1=Mendelsohn |first2=Marika |last2=Vicziany |author-link2=Marika Vicziany |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=1998|isbn=978-0-52155-671-2 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FGbp9MjhvKAC&amp;amp;pg=PA3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The terms are used in the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Karnataka]], and [[Andhra Pradesh]]/[[Telangana]], respectively, as a generic term for anyone from a Dalit caste.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}{{clarify|reason=Andhra has now bifurcated – does it apply in Telangana also?|date=July 2017}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In [[Kerala]], according multiple native historians and foreign travellers, the term Avarna was used to describe Dalits or Panchamas. In last two centuries,some Dalit castes like Ezhavas have attained OBC status and are not longer classified as SC, due to improved social and financial conditions. &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[Maharashtra]], according to historian and women&amp;#039;s studies academic Shailaja Paik, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dalit&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a term mostly used by members of the [[Mahar]] caste, into which Ambedkar was born. Most other communities prefer to use their own caste name.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal |title=Mahar–Dalit–Buddhist: The history and politics of naming in Maharashtra |first=Shailaja |last=Paik |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=217–241 |date=September 2011 |doi=10.1177/006996671104500203 |s2cid=144346975}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In [[Maharashtra]], according to historian and women&amp;#039;s studies academic Shailaja Paik, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dalit&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a term mostly used by members of the [[Mahar]] caste, into which Ambedkar was born. Most other communities prefer to use their own caste name.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite journal |title=Mahar–Dalit–Buddhist: The history and politics of naming in Maharashtra |first=Shailaja |last=Paik |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=217–241 |date=September 2011 |doi=10.1177/006996671104500203 |s2cid=144346975}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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