dharna
dharna noun: a sit-in.
Noun
dharna (countable and uncountable, plural dharnas)
- A sit-in.
- ln December 1974, Morarji Desai, gave a threat of staging a dharna inside the Lok Sabha chamber. ln June 1975, Morarji Deshmukh, the Jana Sangh leader, stated that there had to be a Delhi Bandh to compel the Prime Minister to resign.2005, Je Varalakṣmi, Varalakshmi Jnapathy, Indira Gandhi: Woman of India's Destiny, Gyan Publishing House, →ISBN, page 115
- A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor.
- […] house-tax having been imposed on the natives during Lord Minto's government […] the Brahmins resolved to try the virtue of a dharna; […] The local government was exceedingly perplexed; for, besides the risk of hundreds perishing, there was the certainty of a famine, from the cessation of...1854, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, page 30
dharna meaning in Tamil
dharna in Tamil
- தருமவுபாயம்
Forms of dharna
| plural | dharnas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dhurna |
Origin of dharna
Borrowed from Hindi धरना (dharnā).
Questions about dharna
- What does dharna mean?
- Dharna means a sit-in.
- What is dharna in Tamil?
- Dharna in Tamil is தருமவுபாயம். See Dharna meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dharna?
- Dharna is a noun.
- What is the plural of dharna?
- The plural of dharna is dharnas.
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