Dkhar
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Dkhar or Utkhar is a derogatory slur used to refer to non-tribal outsiders in Meghalaya and Assam. The term is mostly used against affluent Bengali Hindu settlers from West Bengal or the Bengali Hindu refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan and Bangladesh.[1] The term is a Khasi word which means a foreigner.[2] It is sometimes abbreviated to Khar. The resentment against the non-tribal outsiders were mostly against the Bengalis and the Nepalis who constituted bulk of the non-tribal population of the state.[3] In 1979-80, Khasi mobs attacked the Bengali speaking people in Meghalaya resulting in an ethnic cleansing.[4]
