Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Dalit.
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- noun belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Mahatma Gandhi coined the word Harijan, which translates roughly as "Children of God," to identify the former Untouchables with greater dignity.
Jim Luce: Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village Jim Luce 2012
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Mahatma Gandhi coined the word Harijan, which translates roughly as "Children of God," to identify the former Untouchables with greater dignity.
Jim Luce: Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village Jim Luce 2012
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Mahatma Gandhi coined the word Harijan, which translates roughly as "Children of God," to identify the former Untouchables with greater dignity.
Jim Luce: Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village Jim Luce 2012
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Mahatma Gandhi coined the word Harijan, which translates roughly as "Children of God," to identify the former Untouchables with greater dignity.
Jim Luce: Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village Jim Luce 2012
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36The term Harijan, meaning `people of God', was popularised by
Archive 2006-06-01 Abhay N 2006
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"No further follow up action has been taken by the Ministry, discouraging or dissuading the use of the word Harijan," it added.
The Times of India 2010
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He broke all traditions of the society; during the early sixties India was pretty much like the U.S. in the way she treated her "Harijan" -- God's chosen people as Mahatma Gandhi termed the "untouchables".
Mike Ghouse: A Tribute To My Pluralist Father Mike Ghouse 2011
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He broke all traditions of the society; during the early sixties India was pretty much like the U.S. in the way she treated her "Harijan" -- God's chosen people as Mahatma Gandhi termed the "untouchables".
Mike Ghouse: A Tribute To My Pluralist Father Mike Ghouse 2011
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He broke all traditions of the society; during the early sixties India was pretty much like the U.S. in the way she treated her "Harijan" -- God's chosen people as Mahatma Gandhi termed the "untouchables".
Mike Ghouse: A Tribute To My Pluralist Father Mike Ghouse 2011
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He broke all traditions of the society; during the early sixties India was pretty much like the U.S. in the way she treated her "Harijan" -- God's chosen people as Mahatma Gandhi termed the "untouchables".
Mike Ghouse: A Tribute To My Pluralist Father Mike Ghouse 2011
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