Dalit

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Dalit refers to a historically oppressed social group in India, traditionally placed outside the Hindu caste hierarchy and central to anti-caste and social justice movements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dalits 24
Dalit canonical 18
Dalit communities 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf caste-based community ⓘ
historically oppressed group ⓘ
marginalized community ⓘ
social group ⓘ
alternativeTerm Scheduled Caste communities ⓘ
ex-untouchable communities ⓘ
associatedMovement Ambedkarite movement ⓘ
linked to: Ambedkarism

Dalit Panthers ⓘ
associatedWith Scheduled Castes ⓘ
associatedWithLeader B. R. Ambedkar ⓘ
Jyotirao Phule ⓘ
Kanshi Ram ⓘ
Mayawati ⓘ
Savitribai Phule ⓘ
benefitsFrom reservation in education ⓘ
reservation in government jobs ⓘ
reservation in legislatures ⓘ
centralTo Dalit rights movement ⓘ
anti-caste movements ⓘ
social justice movements in India ⓘ
contestedUsage sometimes avoided in official government documents ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalExpression Dalit autobiography ⓘ
Dalit cinema ⓘ
Dalit literature ⓘ
Dalit poetry ⓘ
Dalit theatre ⓘ
demographicPresence all Indian states and union territories ⓘ
etymologyMeaning “broken” or “oppressed” ⓘ
historicallySubjectTo caste-based violence ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
segregation ⓘ
social exclusion ⓘ
untouchability ⓘ
historicalStatus “untouchable” communities ⓘ
identityPoliticsRole basis for Dalit identity politics in India ⓘ
languageOfTerm Hindi ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
linked to: Marathi language

Nepali ⓘ
legalCategoryInIndia Scheduled Castes ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
opposedTo caste discrimination ⓘ
politicalConcept Bahujan ⓘ
politicalRepresentation Bahujan Samaj Party ⓘ
positionInCasteSystem outside traditional Hindu caste hierarchy ⓘ
protectedBy Constitution of India ⓘ
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 ⓘ
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 ⓘ
religiousContext Hinduism ⓘ
religiousConversionTrend Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Navayana Buddhism ⓘ
subjectOf affirmative action policies in India ⓘ
usedAs self-chosen identity label ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scheduled Castes → alsoKnownAs → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Sudurpashchim Province → hasEthnicGroup → Dalit communities ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit Buddhist movement → focusesOn → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Scheduled Castes Federation → supportedBy → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Scheduled Castes Federation → represents → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Ambedkar Jayanti → observedBy → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Republican Party of India → coreConstituency → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit theology → focusesOn → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Koregaon Bhima → associatedWithCommunity → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Scheduled Castes → hasSubgroup → Dalits ⓘ
subject linked to: SCs
linked to: Dalit
Article 17 of the Constitution of India → protects → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Jagjivan Ram → ethnicGroup → Dalit ⓘ
VCK → primaryConstituency → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit Panthers of India → represents → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
D. Ravikumar → ethnicGroup → Dalit ⓘ
Bahujan Samaj Party → represents → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Mayawati → ethnicGroup → Dalit ⓘ
Kanshi Ram → ethnicGroup → Dalit ⓘ
Kanshi Ram → politicalFocus → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
K. R. Narayanan → ethnicGroup → Dalit ⓘ
subject linked to: Narayanan
Dalit literature → hasMainSubject → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Darchula → hasEthnicGroup → Dalit communities ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit movement in India → focusesOn → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit cinema → focusesOn → Dalit communities ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Shudras → higherVarnaThan → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit History Month → hasFocus → Dalit communities ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Sharada Kabir → ethnicGroup → Dalit ⓘ
Parai → associatedWith → Dalit communities ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Dalit Khas → recognizedAs → Dalit ⓘ
Roman Catholic missions in India → focusPopulation → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Ambedkarite organizations → represents → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit
Choma → hasEthnicity → Dalit ⓘ
Mahad Satyagraha → participant → Dalits ⓘ
linked to: Dalit