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'''Gherao''', meaning "encirclement," is a word originally from [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and is a typically South Asian way of protest. Usually, a group of people would surround a politician or a government building until their demands are met, or answers given. This principle was introduced as a formal means of protest in the labour sector by [[Subodh Banarjee]], the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments of [[West Bengal]], respectively.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=N7QI4eOM18cC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Subodh+Banarjee,+west+bengal&source=bl&ots=64VItipktt&sig=cR6vveGROQSdnjvxhqJ9Kv9g9Fc&hl=en&ei=JN8PSsWtLpmv_Aae0KWqBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#PPA27,M1 West Bengal's Jyothi Basu - A political profile, Page 27]</ref><ref>[http://www.boloji.com/diary/kolkata/013.htm Populist Governance]</ref> |
'''Gherao''', meaning "encirclement," is a word originally from [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and is a typically South Asian way of protest. Usually, a group of people would surround a politician or a government building until their demands are met, or answers given. This principle was introduced as a formal means of protest in the labour sector by [[Subodh Banarjee]], the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments of [[West Bengal]], respectively.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=N7QI4eOM18cC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=Subodh+Banarjee,+west+bengal&source=bl&ots=64VItipktt&sig=cR6vveGROQSdnjvxhqJ9Kv9g9Fc&hl=en&ei=JN8PSsWtLpmv_Aae0KWqBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#PPA27,M1 West Bengal's Jyothi Basu - A political profile, Page 27]</ref><ref>[http://www.boloji.com/diary/kolkata/013.htm Populist Governance]</ref> |
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Owing to its popularity and intensity as a new method of labour action the word “gherao” got inducted into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, 2004, on page 598 has the following entry: “Gherao: n (pl. gheraos). Indian; a protest in which workers prevent employers leaving a place of work until demands are met; Origin: From Hindi” and [[Subodh Banarjee]] was referred to as the ''Gherao minister''.<ref>[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article263.html A defiant rebel]</ref> In usage, the past tense of the verb, ''gheraoed'', is more common. |
Owing to its popularity and intensity as a new method of labour action the word “gherao” got inducted into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, 2004, on page 598 has the following entry: “Gherao: n (pl. gheraos). Indian; a protest in which workers prevent employers leaving a place of work until demands are met; Origin: From Hindi” and [[Subodh Banarjee]] was referred to as the ''Gherao minister''.<ref>[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article263.html A defiant rebel]</ref> In usage, the past tense of the verb, ''gheraoed'', is more common{{fact}}. |
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Revision as of 19:08, 26 April 2010
Gherao, meaning "encirclement," is a word originally from Bengali, and is a typically South Asian way of protest. Usually, a group of people would surround a politician or a government building until their demands are met, or answers given. This principle was introduced as a formal means of protest in the labour sector by Subodh Banarjee, the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments of West Bengal, respectively.[1][2]
Owing to its popularity and intensity as a new method of labour action the word “gherao” got inducted into the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, 2004, on page 598 has the following entry: “Gherao: n (pl. gheraos). Indian; a protest in which workers prevent employers leaving a place of work until demands are met; Origin: From Hindi” and Subodh Banarjee was referred to as the Gherao minister.[3] In usage, the past tense of the verb, gheraoed, is more common[citation needed].
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