Usually means: Non-violent sit-in protest method.
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  1. dharna: Merriam-Webster
  2. dharna: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dharna: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dharna: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Dharna, dharna: Wordnik
  6. dharna: Wiktionary
  7. dharna: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. dharna: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. dharna: Dictionary.com
  10. Dharna: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. dharna: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  12. dharna: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dharna)

▸ noun:  (India) A sit-in.
▸ noun:  (India, specifically) A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor.

Similar:
morcha, bund, bundh, bandh, jalsa, dand, padyatra, dandi, dadagiri, padayatra, more...

Opposite:
protest, demonstration, strike, agitation

Types:
peaceful, nonviolent, more...

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Similar:
morcha, bund, bundh, bandh, jalsa, dand, padyatra, dandi, dadagiri, padayatra, more...

Opposite:
protest, demonstration, strike, agitation

Types:
peaceful, nonviolent, more...



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