Hartal meaning - Hartals Definition & Meaning

Hartal is a term in many South Asian languages for strike action, first used during the Indian Independence Movement also known as the nationalist movement.

It is mass protest often involving a total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, courts of law as a form of civil disobedience.

Repressive actions infringing on by the colonial British Government and against countrywide peaceful movement for ending British rule in India often triggered such localized public protest, for instance in Benares and Bardoli.

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