(India) A sit-in.
ln December 1974, Morarji Desai, gave a threat of staging a dharna inside the Lok Sabha chamber. ln June 1975, Morarji Deshmukh, the Jana Sangh leader, stated that there had to be a Delhi Bandh to compel the Prime Minister to resign.
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(India, specifically) A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor.
house-tax having been imposed on the natives during Lord Minto's government the Brahmins resolved to try the virtue of a dharna; The local government was exceedingly perplexed; for, besides the risk of hundreds perishing, there was the c…
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