dharna

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धरना (dharnā).

Noun

dharna (plural dharnas)

  1. (India) A nonviolent sit-in protest.
    • 2005, Je Varalakṣmi; Varalakshmi Jnapathy, Indira Gandhi: Woman of India's Destiny, Gyan Publishing House, →ISBN, page 115:
      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.
  2. (India, specifically) A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor.

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