One section of our society that has attracted great attention from various scholars and activists during the last decade are the humiliated people who call themselves “Dalits”. The word "Dalit" comes from the Sanskrit language and means suppressed, crushed, ground or torn to pieces. Gandhi Ji coined the word Harijan meaning "Children of God" as a way to reverently identify the untouchables. The terms 'Scheduled Castes' and Scheduled Tribes' are the official terms used in Indian government documents to identify untouchables and tribes. Earlier, a famous Marathi social reformer, Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, had used the term "Dalit" to describe the outcastes and untouchables as the oppressed and crushed victims of the caste-oppressed Indian society. It is also believed that this usage was first conceived by Dr. BR Ambedkar. But the term gained prominence in the 1970s, when supporters of Maharashtra's Dalit Panther Movement used the term "Dalit" as a constant reminder of their centuries-old repression, representing both their state of social deprivation and exploited people. But, at present, the term "Dalit" refers to those people who have been considered "outcastes", because they do not deserve enough to be included in the fourfold classification of the class structure. In religious scriptures "Manu Smriti"; the company's "Varna system" is provided. It is a four-level Varna system incorporating four types of people of society born from the body of Lord Brahma, the supreme God. According to this mythology, Brahmin is born from the head, Kshatriya is born from the arms, Vaishya is born from the abdomen and Shudra is born from the feet. He focused on Shudra to live a life of servitude; because it was born from the feet. That… middle of the paper… will go a long way to become part of the democratic society and evolve so that their unique identity as a Dalit or Scheduled Class dissolves in that civil society; which should still be under construction. Today, Dalit writers have their literary foundation in ideology and also have political backing. Therefore, the production of Dalit literature is growing day by day. And we can hope that, one day, it will establish itself as the most significant port of world literature. Works Cited Bagul. Baburao. “Dalit literature is nothing but human literature” Poisoned bread. Ed. Arjun Dangle.Bombay: Orient Longman, 1992.Clarke. Sathianathan. Dalits and Christianity: Subaltern Religion and Liberation Theology in India. New Delhi: OUP, 1998. Dangle. Arjun. “Dalit literature: past, present and future”. Poisoned bread. Ed. ArjunDangle. Bombay: East Longman, 1992.