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- proper noun Hinduism The
fourteenth day (tithi ) of the lunar fortnight (paksha ) in the Hinducalendar .
Etymologies
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From Sanskrit चतुर्दशी (caturdaśī, "fourteenth day in a lunar fortnight")
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The trouble had started on Anant Chaturdashi day-September 3 - when some pro-Hindutva organisations tried to raise an arch on the Ganesh idol immersion procession route, depicting murder of Mughal warrior Afzal Khan by Shivaji as recorded in the Maratha history.
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