samaj
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of samaj
First recorded in 1870–75, samaj is from the Hindi word samāj meeting
Example Sentences
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He was allegedly involved in the infamous 1995 "guest house attack" on Mayawati, the Dalit leader of the regional Bahujan Samaj Party, who was then running a fraying coalition government with the rival Samajwadi Party.
From BBC
Another party, Shoshit Samaj Dal, contested in 22 state assembly elections, mainly in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and fielded 353 candidates.
From BBC
As Sonkawade worked his way through graduate school, the Dalit movement gained momentum in Indian politics, and the Bahujan Samaj Party, a pro-Dalit political party, rose to power in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.
From Salon
He moved to Lanham in the early 1960s and became president of the Gujarati Samaj of Metropolitan Washington in 1982.
From Washington Post
Opposition leaders, including Anand Sharma of the Congress party and Satish Mishra of the Bahujan Samaj Party, accused the government of violating the human rights of farmers by disconnecting electricity and water supplies at protest sites and cutting internet access.
From Washington Times
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