Bandh

Quick meaning: Bandh is a noun meaning (South Asia) A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work.

Meaning

(South Asia) A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work.

Example Sentences

A week-long bandh was in progress. People had nothing to do.

Opposition parties said that the bandh was a success. The ruling parties said the opposite. Some saw government insensitivity in the bandh and the beginning of the fight against inflationary trends.

The impending course of events and the patterns of violence could have readily been foreseen after the incident in Godhra, and particularly after the VHP's declaration of a state-wide bandh, both by the city's residents and government authorities […]

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bundh, bund, morcha, bandhani, notebandi, bandobust.

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