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bandh

/ ʌԻ /

noun

  1. (in India) a general strike
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of bandh1

Hindi, literally: a tying up
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Hum tum, ek kamre mein bandh ho, aur chaavi kho jaaye...It was a popular old Hindi song, about a couple who’re shut away in a room when the keys go missing.

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Agarwal later made Bandh Darwaza in 1990 with the Ramsays, which made money again.

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The head of Indian drugmaker Biocon jokingly referred to Bengaluru as "Bandhaluru", using the Hindi word "Bandh" for closed.

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A nationwide “bandh” – Sanskrit for closed – on the same day last year reportedly involved 140 million workers, and unions say the figure could reach 180 million this year.

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Their secret is a 100-year-old indigenous irrigation system called dong bandh – a network of canals that uses the downhill flow of the area's rivers and streams to bring water to villagers and their fields.

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