Dalit people

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Scheduled_Castes
gptkb:Untouchables
gptkbp:country gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:discrimination caste
social exclusion
untouchability
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
gptkbp:historicalName oppressed caste
outside varna system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dalit people
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Telugu
gptkb:Punjabi
Kannada
Marathi
gptkbp:legalStatus protected under Indian Constitution
gptkbp:legalSystem gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act,_1989
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Dalit_Panthers
gptkb:Dalit_Buddhist_movement
Dalit literature
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Kanshi_Ram
gptkb:Mayawati
gptkb:B._R._Ambedkar
gptkb:Jyotirao_Phule
gptkbp:percentageOfIndianPopulation about 16-17%
gptkbp:population over 200 million
gptkbp:recognizedBy subject of human rights reports
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
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:reservationStatus affirmative action in education
affirmative action in government jobs
affirmative action in legislatures
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tihar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6