The present paper titled '
Discrimination and Atrocities Against Scheduled Castes in India :A Historical Injustice
' has been conducted with the objective to describe the present situationof discrimination and the present statues of atrocities against scheduled castes. The descriptivenature of this paper ; basically uses published secondary data related to study topic also takesuseful references of website links. Dalits-
officially known as „Scheduled Castes‟ (SCs) –
constitute 16.23% of
India‟s population. They have
historically occupied the lowest status in
the Indian society. A central feature of caste discrimination is the concept of „untouchability‟ based on the notion that certain caste groups are considered „impure‟ and „polluting‟ to other
caste groups, leading to social ostracism, economic exploitation and denial of human dignity.According to the National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs Compendium-2011reported the registered cases under SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act during the year 2011 ascompared to 10,513 in the year 2010 thereby reporting as increase of 7.9%. It is taking place in21st century when science guides the minds, entire human race has accepted the fundamental principles of equality of all humans, human rights and justice to all without discrimination of any kind. But in our society, even educated people have irrational caste oriented minds. Itappears the casteism is not a social problem but a chronic malaise or genetic disorder we suffer from