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  • proper noun A district place in the state of Rajasthan in India.

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Examples

  • In Churu, the district capital a few miles from Nakrasar, senior officials say villagers simply dig new irrigation pits every time one is washed away in the monsoons.

    India's Boom Bypasses Rural Poor Tom Wright 2011

  • Churu told the weekly that 8.5 million litres of petrol and 17.5 million litres of diesel were being brought in from the Mozambican port city of Beira.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • "The product (diesel) is being pumped from Beira and we have already received the full consignment of petrol," Churu said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • Churu dropped all charges against the three on Wednesday after state prosecutors said they were not ready to set a trial date.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • More than 3000 families were relocated from Churu farm by government in 1993 after it designated and acquired the farm from

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • (Ndonga) leader Rev Ndabaningi Sithole's legal fees when he challenged the government over the confiscation of his Churu farm on the outskirts of Harare.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • (Ndonga) party, 3,5 million zim dollars (US $437500) for his farm at Churu, south-east of Harare.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Zimbabwean opposition politician Rev Ndabaningi Sithole, whose Churu farm was confiscated by the Government last year, on Monday vowed he would not vacate it despite a High Court order to do so within seven weeks,

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Riot police on Sunday, escorting a deputy sheriff and a messenger of court, forcibly evicted more than 1000 residents of the Churu farm on the outskirts of Harare, and attached property belonging to the tenants and Mr Sithole.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Speaking at the top of his voice, an emotional Mr Sithole, who was flanked by his wife and former Churu farm manager, Vesta, said he and some of the tenants who have since been resettled at Nyangombe refugee camp in Nyanga, would march back to the farm.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

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