Harijan

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Harijan /ˈhʌrɪdʒ(ə)n, ˈharɪdʒan/

▶noun a member of a hereditary Hindu group of the lowest social and ritual status. See untouchable.

– origin from Sanskrit harijana, lit. ‘a person dedicated to Vishnu’, from Hari ‘Vishnu’ + jana ‘person’. The term was adopted and popularized by Gandhi.

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