Dalits

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Scheduled_Castes
gptkb:Untouchables
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Dr._B._R._Ambedkar
Dalit literature
Dalit politics
Dalit rights movement
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:14_April_(Ambedkar_Jayanti)
gptkbp:discriminationOutlawedBy gptkb:Article_17_of_Indian_Constitution
gptkbp:faced gptkb:murder
gptkb:caste
segregation
social stigma
economic deprivation
social exclusion
denial of temple entry
denial of access to public resources
manual scavenging
gptkbp:historicallySubjectedTo untouchability
caste-based discrimination
gptkbp:legalStatus Scheduled Castes under Indian law
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:India
gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Dalit_Panthers
gptkb:Dalit_literature_movement
gptkb:Dalit_Buddhist_movement
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:protectedBy gptkb:Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes_(Prevention_of_Atrocities)_Act,_1989
gptkb:Indian_Constitution
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:reservationIn gptkb:legislative_body
education
government jobs
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:social_reform
affirmative action
anti-caste movements
international human rights advocacy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dalit_Buddhist_movement
gptkb:Republican_Party_of_India
gptkb:The_Untouchables:_Who_Were_They_and_Why_They_Became_Untouchables?
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dalits