For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes
भारतीय उपखंडावर राज्य करणाऱ्या ब्रिटिश सत्तेच्या काळात ते डिप्रेस्ड क्लास (मागास वर्ग) म्हणून ओळखले जात होते.