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Hartal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hortal (Bengali: হরতাল hôrtal, Hindi: हड़ताल haṛtāl, Urdu: ہڑتال haṛtāl, Malayalam: ഹര്‍ത്താല്‍, Tamil: ஹர்த்தால்) is a term in many South Asian languages for strike action, first used during the Indian Independence Movement. The term comes from Gujarati (હડતાળ haḍtāḷ or હડતાલ haḍtāl), signifying the closing down of shops and warehouses with the object of realizing a demand. . In addition to being a general strike, it involves the voluntary closing of schools and places of business. It is a mode of appealing to the sympathies of a government to change an unpopular or unacceptable decision. Mahatma Gandhi, who hailed from Gujarat, used the term to refer to his anti-British general strikes, effectively institutionalizing the term.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:38:53 +0000

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