Definitions

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  • noun India A society or congregation; a church or religious body.

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  • noun India A society; a congregation; a worshipping assembly, or church, especially of the Brahmo Samaj.

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Examples

  • Addressing the convention on upper castes here, she said adequate representation was given to the Brahmins before the 2007 U.P. Assembly elections only after she was assured that the Brahmin 'samaj' would vote for the party.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • As regards Mr. Pathak, Ms. Mayawati said a candidate from the Brahmin 'samaj' would contest the Lok Sabha poll from Unnao.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • As regards Mr. Pathak, Ms. Mayawati said a candidate from the Brahmin 'samaj' would contest the Lok Sabha poll from Unnao.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2008

  • The Bhaiya fish seller is filling a vacuum and a demand , none of the State governments have done anything to improve the lot of the Koli community , and the rant of the Koli samaj against the Bhaiya eating into their profits holds no water.

    Archive 2009-08-01 photographerno1 2009

  • I am far away from all the not only from my Koli samaj, Mahim or Mumbai, but far away from India, as I migrated to sweden, europe, as I got married to a swedish guy ...

    Koli Kitchen (Thal Part I) Anjali 2007

  • Will the present election prove to be a trendsetter, especially by providing entry point for theBahujan samaj party whose leader is making waves in Uttar pradesh?

    Uncertainty Ahead in Karnataka Elections 2008

  • I am born in a Mangela Koli samaj and am very proud of it.

    Me Pun Koli Anjali 2006

  • I to belong to mangela samaj and i am proud to be one.

    Me Pun Koli Anjali 2006

  • More importantly, Ms Mayavathy whose social engineering has paid rich dividends in uttar pradesh is making her presence as well as her party's, the Bahujan samaj party, felf.

    The BSP factor 2008

  • While the major parties, and there are three, the Bharatiya janta party, the congress and the Janata dal - s are wooing thevoters with promise of sev eral goodies, the Bahujan samaj party and the samajwadi party, whose roots are in uttar pradesh are doint something else.

    coalition shades 2008

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