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What term did Mahatma Gandhi used for untouchables ​

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Untouchable, called Dalit,. its a marati word .

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In the late 1880s, the Marathi word 'Dalit' was used by Mahatma Jotiba Phule for the outcasts and Untouchables who were oppressed and broken in the Hindu society. Dalit is a vernacular form of the Sanskrit दलित (dalita).

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