Chamar (IPA: [tʃəmaːɾ], or Jatav, IPA: [dʒaːt̪əʋ]) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking. They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern states of India and in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.
Chamar (IPA: [tʃəmaːɾ], or Jatav, IPA: [dʒaːt̪əʋ]) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking. They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern states of India and in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.
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