in India, a method of seeking justice by sitting at the door of one's debtor or wrongdoer and fasting until justice is obtained
Origin of dharna
Hindi dharn?, persistence, a holding firm: for Indo-European base see dharma
noun
Dharna is defined as a way of seeking justice in India.
An example of dharna is sitting in front of someone's door who borrowed money from you and refuses to pay it back and not eating until they pay what they owe.
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also dhur·na
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.
Origin of dharna
Hindi dharnā from Prakrit dhara&nlowdot;a from Sanskrit dhara&nlowdot;am act of supporting, stay ; see dher- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- THE DEMAND FOR BUNDELKHAND STATE, Today the demand for a separate BUNDELKHAND state is a burning issue in INDIA.The people of Bundelkhand region are demanding statehood for this region.Bundelkhand Akikrit party is struggeling for this demand.The Party Head SANJAY PANDEY organised many DHARNA and DEMONSTRATIONS in front of Indian parliament with thousands of supporters.