Mahatma Gandhi popularised which term in the 1930s for ex-untouchable castes?
AHarijan
BDalit
CAdivasi
DBahujan
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Harijan
1. It means children of God.
2. Gandhi popularised Harijan.
3. Dalit is now the accepted term.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Indian Society, Chapter 5, Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion._
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