单词 | scheduled caste |
释义 | > as lemmasScheduled Caste Scheduled Caste n. (also with lower-case initials) (in India and Pakistan, an official designation for) any of various hereditary groups or castes, traditionally regarded as being outside the varna system, hence belonging to the lowest social rank in Hindu society and historically marginalized and disadvantaged; usually in plural; cf. Dalit n., Harijan n., untouchable n. 2a ⓘOfficially recognized as a disadvantaged group, Scheduled Castes are now legally protected from discrimination in India and Pakistan, and measures have been introduced to improve their economic and social position. See also Scheduled Tribe n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > outcast or untouchable > [noun] depressed class(es)1931 Scheduled Caste1935 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste Kunbi1598 pariah1613 Shudra1630 Vaishya1665 chuckler1759 bhangi1823 Kori1839 Mahar1855 sweeper1859 Kola1873 Sansi1882 Panchama1893 untouchable1909 Harijan1931 Scheduled Caste1935 Dalit1948 Scheduled Tribe1957 1933 Manch. Guardian 18 Mar. (City ed.) 15/3 Provision is also to be made for an electorate of approximately 2 per cent of the depressed classes, who are in future to be known as the scheduled castes. 1935 Government of India Act (26 George V, c. 2) 1st Sched. §26(1) 217 ‘The scheduled castes’ means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within castes, races or tribes, being castes, races, tribes, parts or groups which appear to His Majesty in Council to correspond to the classes of persons formerly known as ‘the depressed classes’. 2015 World Affairs 19 No. 4. 71 Although scheduled castes/scheduled tribes are heavily underrepresented at the top..a few have reached significant positions in the private sector. < as lemmas |
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