Is it true that Mahatma Gandhi called the ‘untouchables’ harijan?

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For a long time, Congress disregarded the Dalits out of concern for upsetting the Sanatanis, the orthodox high Hindus. However, Mahatma Gandhi stated that if untouchability was not eradicated, swaraj would not arrive for a hundred years. He organized satyagraha to get them access to public wells, tanks, roads, and schools, as well as admittance into temples, calling the "untouchables" Harijan, or the children of God. To elevate the labour of the bhangi (the sweepers), he also cleaned toilets. He also persuaded upper castes to transform their hearts and give up "the sin of untouchability."

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