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1. khaki, adj. and n. View full entry 1857
...Dust-coloured; dull brownish yellow, drab....
2. Lok Sabha, n. View full entry 1954
...The lower house of the Indian parliament....
3. Mahasabha, n. View full entry 1923
...In full Hindu Mahasabha. (The name of) an orthodox Hindu nationalist movement....
4. panchayat, n. View full entry 1778
...In South Asia: a group of five or more people which sits as a council or a court of law to decide on matters affecting a village, community, or caste....
5. parishad, n. View full entry 1861
...In South Asia: (originally) an assembly of learned men; (later) a local assembly or council (cf. panchayat). Chiefly hist....
6. Rajya Sabha, n. View full entry 1948
...The upper house of the Parliament of India, established in 1952. Cf. Lok Sabha...
7. sabha, n. View full entry 1922
...In India, an assembly; a council or society (see quots.). Cf. Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha...
8. samiti, n. View full entry 1930
...In India and Bangladesh, an assembly or committee....
9. sarvodaya, n. View full entry 1919
...The welfare of all; the name given to the new social order advocated by the Indian leader M. K. Gandhi (18691948) and his followers. Also attrib....
10. Shiv Sena, n. View full entry 1967
...In India, the name of a Hindu nationalist organization centred in Maharashtra....
11. Swadeshi, n. View full entry 1905
...Used chiefly attrib. to designate an Indian nationalist movement originating in Bengal, which advocated principally the support of indigenous industries using home-produced materials (esp. cotton), and the boycott of foreign...
12. Swaraj, n. View full entry 1907
...Self-government (for India); the agitation in favour of this....
13. Swatantra, n. View full entry 1959
...In full, Swatantra party. A liberal conservative political party (the Freedom Party) in the Republic of India from 1959 to 1972. Also attrib....
14. vakeel | vakil, n. View full entry 1622
...An agent or representative, esp. one representing a person of political importance either permanently or on a special occasion; a minister, envoy, or ambassador....
