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Chamar

Member of a pan North Indian caste cluster who because of their tradition of leather working are considered by the upper castes to to be permanently polluted.
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Caste based on status and not on merit

Caste system involves an attempt to appoint tasks to individuals in advance, selected not on the basis of trained original capacities, but on that of the social status of the parent.

Dr B R Ambedkar