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Aryan

The name by which the Vedic people called themselves. The tern became to mean noble later on.

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They (the 'untouchables') have clearly accepted that since you continue to treat them worse than the  cattle, then they (the 'untouchables') will certainly join other religions where they can have better rights. In such circumstances it is utter nonsense to suggest that the Christians  and the Muslims are damaging Hindu religion.

Shaheed-a-Azam Bhagat Singh in the Question of Achhut in The Selected Works of Bhagat Singh