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  • noun Plural form of North Indian.

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Examples

  • Salvar Kameez, a traditional costume of the North Indians is a perfect substitute for our girls who have had bad experience from wearing the 'Three Quarters.'; they certainly can draw some inspiration from the ladies of Punjabi origin, with slender and tall bodies, who look smart in this particular dress.

    Asian Tribune 2008

  • I am South Indian and North Indians may have a different custom in this respect, but in that case it's not wholly religion-based.

    The Yuck Factor Sage 2009

  • At Banganga on Pitru Paksh day , it is the Maharashtrian ladies and their families that lay the leaf mats for the puja and are handsomely paid for it by the North Indians who have come here to appease the soul of their ancestors.

    Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Politically the North Indians or Bhaiyyas as they are colloquially called may not see eye to eye, but the North Indian migrant community is very peaceful and a stupendous work force of Mumbai.

    Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009

  • The guy who used to sell peanut and gram at Dadar Chowpatty today wields a razor , he has become a barber to fill in a demand here on Pitru Paksh day, when on a day before Navratra the Bhaiyya population of Mumbai, or North Indians as they are politically called, or UP migrant comes here to appease the soul of his ancestors and pay tribute to their memories with religious tonsure.

    Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009

  • Tamils feel it not comfortable because of thousands of years of living in other side of Vindhyas to be ruled by the pre-dominant North Indians.

    Wanted, a popular upsurge against the system Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • They had featured in constituent assembly and cabinet meetings to influence the thinking of the Indian Government, and they fought tooth-and-nail to oppose all moves by North Indians to impose Hindi as the national language.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Tamils feel it not comfortable because of thousands of years of living in other side of Vindhyas to be ruled by the pre-dominant North Indians.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • The Court also had made an indirect reference to the recent violence against North Indians in Mumbai.

    Supreme Court Warns Against Growing Tendencies of Intolerance 2008

  • I am also glad to note that the cub has taken on the gritty North Indians and not the timid South Indians this time.

    India Plans a ‘New Colossus’ of Its Own - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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