India has more than 150 million of these shunned people, now officially called "Scheduled Castes"
The current state and union lists, when totalled, contain more than 
1,000 castes .... During 150 years of British rule when caste distinctions were not 
officially... [DOC] [TLE] Untouchable - National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com [PAR] Girdharilal Maurya took his family and fled the village of Kharkada in India's ... A 
fifth group describes the people who are achuta, or untouchable.