| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:group_of_people 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Scheduled_Castes gptkb:Untouchables
 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Bangladesh gptkb:India
 gptkb:Nepal
 gptkb:Pakistan
 
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                                | gptkbp:discrimination | gptkb:caste social exclusion
 untouchability
 
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                                | gptkbp:famousDalitWriters | gptkb:Rohith_Vemula gptkb:Namdeo_Dhasal
 gptkb:Sivakami
 gptkb:Bama
 gptkb:Baburao_Bagul
 gptkb:Urmila_Pawar
 gptkb:Omprakash_Valmiki
 gptkb:Sharan_Kumar_Limbale
 gptkb:Meena_Kandasamy
 Ajay Navaria
 Kumud Pawde
 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalName | oppressed caste outside varna system
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:Hindi gptkb:Tamil
 gptkb:Telugu
 gptkb:Punjabi
 Kannada
 Marathi
 
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                                | gptkbp:legalStatus | protected under Indian Constitution 
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                                | gptkbp:legalSystem | gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act,_1989 
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                                | gptkbp:movement | gptkb:Dalit_Panthers gptkb:Dalit_Buddhist_movement
 Dalit literature
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableLeader | gptkb:Kanshi_Ram gptkb:Mayawati
 gptkb:B._R._Ambedkar
 gptkb:Jyotirao_Phule
 
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                                | gptkbp:percentageOfIndianPopulation | about 16-17% 
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                                | gptkbp:population | over 200 million 
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                                | gptkbp:recognizedBy | subject of human rights reports 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedConcept | gptkb:Dalit_movement gptkb:Dalit_Panthers
 gptkb:Dalit_Buddhist_movement
 gptkb:Scheduled_Castes
 gptkb:Varna
 social justice
 affirmative action
 caste system
 Dalit literature
 untouchability
 reservation in India
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity
 gptkb:Hinduism
 gptkb:Islam
 
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                                | gptkbp:reservationStatus | affirmative action in education affirmative action in government jobs
 affirmative action in legislatures
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Tihar 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Dalit people 
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