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- noun Plural form of
Arora .
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Examples
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The fourth are called Aroras, and are as black as negroes, but have smooth hair; and these are very valiant, or rather desperate, people, and have the most strong poison on their arrows, and most dangerous, of all nations, of which I will speak somewhat, being a digression not unnecessary.
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Sir D. Ibbetson was of opinion that the Aroras were the Khatris of Aror, the ancient capital of Scinde, represented by the modern
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The fourth are called Aroras, and are as black as negroes, but have smooth hair; and these are very valiant, or rather desperate, people, and have the most strong poison on their arrows, and most dangerous, of all nations, of which I will speak somewhat, being a digression not unnecessary.
The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586
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The thieves were four and we eighty-four; the thieves came on and we ran away; and again: To meet a Rathi armed with a hoe makes a company of nine Kirars (Aroras) feel alone.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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He will turn his hand to any work, he makes a most admirable cultivator, and a large proportion of the Aroras of the lower Chenab are purely agricultural in their avocations.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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~ -- Aroras are the traders of the S.W. Panjáb and of the
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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Some of our strongest Indian civil officials have been Aroras.
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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There dwelt the black smooth-haired Aroras, accustomed to use poisoned arrows.
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According to sources the woman met Kuldeepak in 2003 in London after seeing a matrimonial advertisement by the Aroras.
IBN Top Headlines 2010
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Jats | 20.5 | 3.9 | Aroras | 2.8 | 3.1 | Lohárs and | | | Chúhra [8] | 5.1 |
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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