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Definition of Hartal
1. a stoppage of work [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hartal
Literary usage of Hartal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Future of India by Lajpat Rai (1919)
"And whereas the continuance or resumption of such hartal is detrimental to the good
... And whereas I deem it expedient to cause the said hartal to entirely ..."
2. What's what in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor by Waldo Ralph Browne (1921)
"The hartal has so far been resorted to mainly by way of political protest, ...
The hartal was originally an ancient Indian custom— a day of public mourning. ..."
3. Genocide in Iraq: The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds by George Black (1993)
"Some of the former residents of the village, now living in hartal, ... The people
in hartal were stunned when the first survivors came running to them, ..."
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