Dalit Or Daalit

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Is it true that the Dalit or Daalit are actually those lower class Hindus who were converted into Christianity by the British empire before partition of Pakistan. Those who migrated into Pakistan and who were already living their, after the partition are labeled or known as “Chora”. “Chora” word is of ‘Urdu’ and ‘Punjabi’.

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'Dalit, is the glamorized name for achhoots [untouchables] in India and they are Hindus...NOT Christian converts.

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Most of the chiristians are Dalits converted to Christianity with reference to subcontinent.

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^ depends on where you are. In the north this may be true.

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Incorrect. Not all dalits are Hindus.

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so the Dalits is basically a community, race like Gujarati, MarvaRi, etc?

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^ ^^ this is what Wikipedia says:

Dalit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the legal term, see Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
[TABLE=“class: infobox vcard, width: 22”]
Dalit
[TH=“bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 2, align: center”]Regions with significant populations[/TH]

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India[/TH]
~ 201 million[SUP][1]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP]

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Nepal[/TH]
~ 4.5 million (2005)[SUP][2]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP]

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Sri Lanka[/TH]
Unknown (2008)

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Bangladesh[/TH]
Unknown (2008)

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United Kingdom[/TH]
500,000 estimated[SUP][3]](Dalit - Wikipedia)/SUP

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United States[/TH]
Unknown (2013)

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Canada[/TH]
200,000 estimated[SUP][4]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP]

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Malaysia[/TH]
Unknown (2013)

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Singapore[/TH]
Unknown (2013)

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Pakistan[/TH]
Unknown (2015)

[TH=“bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 2, align: center”]Languages[/TH]

Languages of South Asia

[TH=“bgcolor: #B0C4DE, colspan: 2, align: center”]Religion[/TH]

Hinduism · Islam · Christianity · Sikhism ·Buddhism

Dalit, meaning “oppressed” in South Asia, is the self-chosen political name of castes in the SAARC region which formerly were considered “untouchable,” according to the varna system.[SUP][5]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP][SUP][6]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Though the name Dalit has been in existence since the nineteenth century, the economist and reformer **(B. R. Ambedkar - Wikipedia) (1891–1956) popularised the term.[SUP][7]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP] Dalits were excluded from the four-fold Varna system and formed the unmentioned fifth varna; they were also called Panchama.[SUP][8]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP] While “scheduled castes” (SC) is the legal name for those who were formerly considered “untouchable,” the term Dalit also encompasses scheduled tribes (ST) and other historically disadvantaged communities who were traditionally excluded from society.[SUP][9]](Dalit - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
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