HARTAL


Meaning of HARTAL in English

/hahr tahl"/ , n.

(in India) a closing of shops and stopping of work, esp. as a form of passive resistance.

[ 1915-20; hartal, var. of HATTAL, equiv. to hat shop (Skt hatta ) + tal locking (Skt talaka lock, bolt) ]

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