Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dalit Christian" in English language version.
{{citation}}: |first= has generic name (help){{citation}}: |first1= has generic name (help)This study explores caste discrimination in Pakistan against untouchable (Dalit) converts to Christianity. During the nineteenth century in India, many Dalits converted to Christianity to escape caste persecution. In the 1870s in Punjab, a mass movement to Protestant Christianity flourished among the Dalit caste. The Chuhras were the largest menial caste in Punjab and engaged in degrading occupations including sweeping and sanitation work. By the 1930s, almost the entire caste converted to Protestant Christianity. In 1947, during the partition of India, the majority converts in Punjab became part of the Protestant community in Pakistan. After Partition, many uneducated were confined to menial jobs in the sanitation industry. Today, the stigma of Dalit ancestry is a distinct feature of social discrimination again Christians in Pakistan.