In Indian political and community life, a samiti is an association, committee, or organised group — a gathering of people united around a shared cause or local governance function. From village development samitis to political party wings, the word covers everything from grassroots community groups to formal local bodies. It's bureaucratic and democratic all at once, the backbone of how civil society organises across much of India.
The residents formed a samiti to push the municipality on the broken road that had been promised repairs for two years.
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(India) A local political association.
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