Allahabad
Americannoun
noun
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A bombshell verdict by the Allahabad High Court had found Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractice and invalidated her 1971 election win.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named by Muslim Mughal rulers centuries ago — to the Sanskrit word “Prayagraj.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
The Allahabad high court granted him bail in the second case in December.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2023
In 2018 his party changed the name of the city long known as Allahabad to Prayagraj, the name of a Hindu pilgrimage site.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
They stepped aside from the crowd and the old woman looked at the younger in curiosity as to what she would do here in Allahabad.
From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
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