Pradesh
/ (prəˈdeɪʃ) /
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noun
Indian a state, esp a state in the Union of India
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Word Origin for Pradesh
Hindi
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In one district alone, Madhya Pradesh, 18.9 percent of males were married before legal age, compared to 12.5 percent of females.
But it is indeed in Uttar Pradesh that we see the deepest sympathy for this deleterious machismo.
Andhra Pradesh has 42 parliamentary constituencies; 33 of these elected Congress candidates in the previous election.
Andhra Pradesh, stretching from central to peninsular India, is larger than New Zealand.