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Definition of Harijan
1. Noun. Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India.
Generic synonyms: Castaway, Ishmael, Outcast, Pariah
Derivative terms: Untouchable
Definition of Harijan
1. an outcaste in India [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harijan
Literary usage of Harijan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Identifying the Food Insecure: The Application of Mixed-Method Approaches in by Kimberly Chung (1997)
"In the harijan busti (neighborhood), one woman showed the investigator a large pot
... She estimated that people in the harijan busti ate the wild greens at ..."
2. Lok Sabha Debates. by India Parliament. Lok Sabha, India, Parliament, Lok Sabha (1839)
"There is no district ion between Hindu harijan and Christian harijan. ... But when
you go to a harijan ward, all are treated as harijans whether they are ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"Today men and women of all castes and creeds work together in a nationwide
organization called harijan Sevak Sangh (Society of the Servers of the People of ..."
4. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"harijan, 3, 24, and 31 May 1942. 74. FRUS, 1942, vol. I, pp. 677-78, letter from
Gandhi to President Roosevelt, 1 July 1942. 75. Ibid., pp. ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"1 (1949). GUMMI und Asbest. Forststrasse 131, Stuttgart W, Germany. Monthly.
Jahrg. 3 (1950). harijan. Kalupur, Ahmedabad, India. Weekly. Vol. 13 (1949). ..."