In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim community that is involved in washing clothes in south asia”. Today it says “south asian muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes”. 1 section present on 6 October 2023 is absent today.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Muslim descendants of Dhobi Ethnic group The Qassar are a South Asian Muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes . They are considered to be Muslim converts from Hinduism , where the Dhobi castes are launderers. Muslim Dhobi s are found throughout the Indian subcontinent . The community is also known as Charhoa and Gazar in Pakistan , and Qassar in India. They also use "Hawari" as a surname .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Ethnic group The Muslim Dhobi are Muslim community that is involved in washing clothes in South Asia . They are considered to be Muslim converts from the Hindu Dhobi caste. They are found in North India and Pakistan .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ethnic group The Muslim Dhobi are a Muslim community that is traditionally involved in washing clothes in South Asia . They are considered to be Muslim converts from the Hindu Dhobi caste, and are found in North India and Pakistan . The community is also known as Baretha, Charhoa and Gazar in Pakistan and Hawari in India .
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The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Ethnic group The Momin Qassar are a South Asian community traditionally involved in washing clothes . They are considered to be Muslim converts from the Hindu Dhobi caste, and are found in North India and Pakistan. The community is also known as Charhoa and Gazar in Pakistan and Momin Qassar in India.They also use surname as "Hawari" .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Muslim descendants of Dhobi Ethnic group The Muslim Dhobi are a South Asian Muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes . They are considered to be Muslim converts from Hinduism , where the Dhobi castes are launderers. Muslim Dhobi s are found throughout the Indian subcontinent . The community is also known as Charhoa and Gazar in Pakistan, and Qassar in India. They also use "Hawari" as a surname .
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim community that is involved in washing clothes in south asia”. Today it says “south asian muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes”. 1 section present on 6 October 2023 is absent today. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
muslim community that is involved in washing clothes in south asia
Now
south asian muslim caste whose traditional occupation is washing clothes
Sections that no longer exist
This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 1 section of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 4,023 characters shorter.
Dilliwal Shaikh
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