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hartal

Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtɑːl, ˈhəːtɑːl/

Definition of hartal

noun

(in South Asia) a closure of shops and offices as a protest or a mark of sorrow: the town observed a complete hartal [mass noun]:the valley was paralysed by hartal or curfews