Parishad
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Parishad
Hindi
Example Sentences
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In 2022 he was a keynote speaker for an event organized by a group called HinduPACT, an initiative of a group called the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America.
From Slate • Aug. 29, 2023
He has also received support from leaders of the Bajrang Dal and another right-wing organisation called the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, who held a press conference claiming that cow vigilantes were being "falsely framed".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023
Students said the masked attackers included members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, or ABVP, the student wing of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2020
Surendra Jain, joint general secretary for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, parent organization of the Bajrang Dal, said that “not a single person from VHP was involved” in the attack on Pehlu Khan.
From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2017
“They should understand we are in a different country now,” said Pandit B. Rishi Misir, a Brooklyn priest who heads a Hindu group, USA Pandits' Parishad.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2011
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