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- noun Plural form of
panchayat .
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Examples
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The amendment included a set aside of one-third of the seats in panchayats, or village councils, for women.
Manisha Singh: An Additional Thought on Empowering Women to Advance Societies Manisha Singh 2010
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The amendment included a set aside of one-third of the seats in panchayats, or village councils, for women.
Manisha Singh: An Additional Thought on Empowering Women to Advance Societies Manisha Singh 2010
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The amendment included a set aside of one-third of the seats in panchayats, or village councils, for women.
Manisha Singh: An Additional Thought on Empowering Women to Advance Societies Manisha Singh 2010
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Politically, the Communists also sought to decentralize power by establishing village-level assemblies known as panchayats, a model that has since been emulated nationwide.
NYT > Home Page By JIM YARDLEY 2010
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Politically, the Communists also sought to decentralize power by establishing village-level assemblies known as panchayats, a model that has since been emulated nationwide.
NYT > Global Home By JIM YARDLEY 2010
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First thing which is preached by these so called panchayats is that we should respect out 'Parampara' and villages of Haryana cannot be made America.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ranbir Dahiya 2010
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Moreover one more thing can be inferred here is that these so called panchayats are selective in their targets.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ranbir Dahiya 2010
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Politically, the Communists also sought to decentralize power by establishing village-level assemblies known as panchayats, a model that has since been emulated nationwide.
NYT > Home Page By JIM YARDLEY 2010
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There will not be any explanation if still these so called panchayats say that no Dharana village paramparas are special villages specific and they have nothing to do with other villages of Haryana.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ranbir Dahiya 2010
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But these so called panchayats never came against this domestic violence against women in Haryana villages.
- Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community Ranbir Dahiya 2010
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