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INDIA'S “UNTOUCHABLES.” ACA KHAN’S BELIEF. LONDON, March 29. The Aga Khan, who, according to a message from Nairobi (Kenya), » suffering from phlebitis .denies that it is his intention to spend £l, W,UUU n converting India’s 60,000,000 ables,” or “depressed classes, who aie outside the pale of Hindu society Ho says: “I have always aidently bclived in Hindu and Moslem unity, and believe that the sooner higher caste Hindus accept the ‘untouchables as caste Hindus the better for everybody in India, irrespective of religion. A recent cable message stated, on the authority of a report from Delhi, that certain of his followers had proclaimed the Aga Khan (who is a direct descendant of Mohammed) as the new Messiah. They claim that he had sahctioned the proclamation.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 109, 8 April 1926, Page 2
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127CASTE BAR Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 109, 8 April 1926, Page 2
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