Pradesh

/ prəˈdeɪʃ /

noun

1. a state, esp a state in the Union of India

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pradesh¹

Hindi

Example Sentences

In early September, a cluster of unexplained child deaths in a small town in Madhya Pradesh sent local health workers scrambling.

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When posted in Gorakhapur, a town in Uttar Pradesh, Dr Kafeel Khan, a pediatrician, remembers "syrups being handed out everywhere - even by those with no degree".

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The stakes are real: the Madhya Pradesh doctor who prescribed the syrup linked to recent child deaths defended his practice, saying, "I've been prescribing this cough syrup for 15 years."

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The horror wasn't confined to Madhya Pradesh.

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Dismissing a plea to reconstruct a seven-foot idol of Lord Vishnu at a temple in Madhya Pradesh state last month, the chief justice had said: "This is purely publicity interest litigation... Go and ask the deity himself to do something."

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