Allahabad
Americannoun
noun
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Earlier this year, a group of Allahabad High Court lawyers petitioned for more judicial appointments, calling the court "paralysed" by a shortage of judges that leaves cases lingering for years.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 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
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
Govind Mathur, a former chief justice of the Allahabad high court, told the BBC that the authorities' actions were "highly unjust".
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022
Dr. A. D. Imms tells me that he has obtained specimens that probably belong to this species in the Jumna at Allahabad.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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