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Somewhere about the end of the third week in January 1857, a khalasi, that is to say a labourer, accosted a high Brahmin sepoy and asked for a drink of water from his lotah water-pot.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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The khalasi then said, "You will soon lose your caste, as ere long you will have to bite catridges covered with the fat of pigs and cows," or, it is added, "words to that effect."
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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He was quick witted, and had not been long on board before he felt that the khalasi was not quite what he appeared to be.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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But, mentioning the matter of seamanship casually to the Babu one day, he learned that Fuzl Khan was a khalasi {sailor} from Cutch.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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About 34 fishermen-khalasi (labourers) were still missing after the cyclone and concerned authorities were still searching them, Rane said.
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About 34 fishermen-khalasi (labourers) were still missing after the cyclone and concerned authorities were still searching them, Rane said.
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Ladi will now be replaced by another khalasi when the
rediff.com 2009
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Ladi will now be replaced by another khalasi when the
rediff.com 2009
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About 34 fishermen-khalasi (labourers) were still missing after the cyclone and concerned authorities were still searching them, Rane said.
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_khalasi_ in charge, with a wonderful story of the tiger having rushed at him, but as the man was a romancer I disbelieved him.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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