💥 Nomenclature 💥
#Untouchables : Depressed Classes, Scheduled Castes, Harijans and Servile Classes
"One last word. The reader will find that I have used quite promiscuously in the course of this book a variety of nomenclature such as Depressed Classes,
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Scheduled Castes, Harijans and Servile Classes to designate the Untouchables. I am aware that this is likely to cause confusion especially for those who are not familiar with conditions in India. Nothing could have pleased me better than to have used one uniform nomenclature.
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The fault is not altogether mine. All these names have been used officially and unofficially at one time or other for the Untouchables. The term under the Government of India Act is ‘Scheduled Castes.’ But that came into use after 1935. Before that they were called
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‘Harijans” by Mr. Gandhi and ‘Depressed Classes’ by Government. In a flowing situation like that it is not possible to fix upon one name, which may be correct designation at one stage and incorrect at another.
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The reader will overcome all difficulties if he will remember that these terms are synonyms and represent the same class."
____Founder of the Republican Party Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(24 June 1945, Delhi)
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