svaraj

Noun

swaraj (plural swarajes)

1. (India, historical) self-rule
   • Are the brown Indians to share equally in the ruling of the British Empire or are they an inferior race? And curiously enough, the battle on this point is impending not simply in the unchecked movement toward "swaraj" in India but in Africa—in the Union of South Africa and in Kenya.1925, W. E. B. Du Bois, “The Negro Mind Reaches Out”, in Alain LeRoy Locke, editor, The New Negro: An Interpretation, page 404