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Dalits: see Harijans Harijans (hâr`ĭjănz') [children of God], in India, individuals who are at the bottom of or outside the Hindu caste system.
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To address the interests of India's Hindu dalits, or untouchables, he founded the Bahujan Samaj Party party in 1984.

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