Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — The People of India. [ARTICLE]

The People of India.

The population of Ifidia is far more diverse than is* generally thought. They talk about 150 different languages, and are divided up into 43 distinct nationalities. There are 2,387 main castes, besides a large number of subcastes. There are 200,000,000 Hindus, from which Great Britain can draw fighting men; 60,000.000 Mohammedans, while among the Hindus there are 50,000,000 of degraded people of no caste, whose touch, or even shadow, Is supposed to cause pollution.