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- noun India A member of the Bhangi
caste , traditionally restricted to cleaning latrines and handling dead bodies
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Examples
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The untouchables, called Bhangi, a Sanskrit word meaning scavenger, did not belong to any of these castes and have thus always been considered outcasts.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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The untouchables, called Bhangi, a Sanskrit word meaning scavenger, did not belong to any of these castes and have thus always been considered outcasts.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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The derogatory "Bhangi," literally "sewer man," is commonly used to denigrate Christians in Sindh Province.
Religion News Blog Religion News Blog 2010
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It was naturally an object with Asaf Khan to keep his commissariat well up with his force, and as Bhangi and Jhangi made difficulties about the supply of grass and water to their cattle, he gave them an order engraved on copper in letters of gold to the following effect:
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Spirituous liquors and intoxicating drugs are indulged in to a large extent, and chiefs of clans assume the title of Bhangi or drinkers of hemp
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Bhangi and Jhangi had 180,000 pack-bullocks, and Bhagwan Das 52,000.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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After Asaf Khan's campaign and settlement in the Deccan, a quarrel broke out between the Rathor clan, headed by Bhangi and Jhangi, and the Jadons under
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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The Naik had authority to decide all disputes in the community, and the only appeal from him lay to the representatives of Bhangi and Jhangi Naik's families at Narsi and Poona, and to Burthia
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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Their leaders or Naiks were Bhangi and Jhangi of the Rathor [190] and Bhagwan
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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In support of this derivation he advances the Beria custom of calling their leaders Bhangi or hemp-drinker as a title of honour.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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