Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hunger strike in which an aggrieved person or party sits down and refuses to move from a place associated with the party believed to be the source of the grievance, especially the entrance to a building or the door of a residence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coercive measure resorted to in the East Indies by a creditor, complainant, or claimant, who sits at the door of the debtor, without tasting food, until the debt is paid or the demand is complied with: as, to sit dharna (or in dharna).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
debt collector inIndia who sits on thedoorstep of adebtor until the debt ispaid .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Saxena, in his application, has questioned the veracity of the medical report, claiming that on the day of her court hearing, she was busy staging a 'dharna' at the collector's office at Nandurbar in Maharashtra.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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Saxena, in his application, has qustioned the veracity of the medical report claiming that on the day, she was busy staging a 'dharna' at the collector's office at Nandurbar in Maharashtra.
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The former Andhra Chief Minister will reach Tirupati on August 7 and lead a 'dharna' (sit-in demonstration) with over 20,000 TDP workers in front of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
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Demanding to increase the cosmetic charges and release of pending scholarships, large number of students staged a 'dharna' before the Collectorate under the aegis of Akhila
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Chairman of moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq staged a 'dharna' at
The Times of India 2010
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Saxena, in his application, has qustioned the veracity of the medical report claiming that on the day, she was busy staging a 'dharna' at the collector's office at Nandurbar in Maharashtra.
Analysis 2010
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Saxena, in his application, has questioned the veracity of the medical report, claiming that on the day of her court hearing, she was busy staging a 'dharna' at the collector's office at Nandurbar in Maharashtra.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010
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The high voltage drama of 'dharna' byChandrababu Naidu, former chief minister of Andhra
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Saxena, in his application, has qustioned the veracity of the medical report claiming that on the day, she was busy staging a 'dharna' at the collector's office at Nandurbar in Maharashtra.
Analysis 2010
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Senior police officers visited the spot and assured the protesters that their complaints would be looked into, persuading them to call off their 'dharna', police said.
lalochezian commented on the word dharna
dharna - A method of collecting a debt in which the person who is owed
money sits on the debtors doorstep until payment is made, or the debtor
starves to death
February 28, 2009