Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of north-central India northeast of Delhi. It was the site of the first uprising (May 1857) against the British in the Indian Mutiny.
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- proper noun A large city in
India , in the state ofUttar Pradesh .
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October 10th, 2009 MEERUT - An under-19 national-level cricketer Gagandeep was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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October 10th, 2009 MEERUT - An under-19 national-level cricketer Gagandeep was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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October 10th, 2009 MEERUT - An under-19 national-level cricketer Gagandeep was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010
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October 10th, 2009 MEERUT - An under-19 national-level cricketer Gagandeep was shot dead in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh late Friday.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010
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October 5th, 2009 MEERUT - A 28-year-old man was arrested Monday from Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh with fake Indian currency notes of Rs. 2 lakh, police said.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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On May 10, 1857, Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army, drawn mostly from Muslim units from Bengal, mutinied in Meerut, a cantonment eighty kilometers northeast of Delhi.
The British Raj 1995
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According to statistics of the arms licensing authorities, there has been an increase of 20 percent since 2006 in the number of arms licence applications moved by women in the western region of the state such as Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr.
India eNews 2009
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Although I grew up in Delhi hearing about riots in Moradabad, Aligarh, Meerut, and old Delhi, the closest I came to witnessing them was during the 1984 Sikh riots in Delhi following the assassination of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Kavita N. Ramdas: Reflections from a Colleague - Justice and Community Building Kavita N. Ramdas 2010
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Although I grew up in Delhi hearing about riots in Moradabad, Aligarh, Meerut, and old Delhi, the closest I came to witnessing them was during the 1984 Sikh riots in Delhi following the assassination of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Kavita N. Ramdas: Reflections from a Colleague - Justice and Community Building Kavita N. Ramdas 2010
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Although I grew up in Delhi hearing about riots in Moradabad, Aligarh, Meerut, and old Delhi, the closest I came to witnessing them was during the 1984 Sikh riots in Delhi following the assassination of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Kavita N. Ramdas: Reflections from a Colleague - Justice and Community Building Kavita N. Ramdas 2010
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