gram sansad

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English

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Etymology

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From Bengali গ্রাম সংসদ (gram śoṅśod, literally “village parliament”), which is a learned borrowing of Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) and संसद (saṃsada).

Noun

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gram sansad (plural gram sansads)

  1. (West Bengal) A body comprising all the voters of gram panchayat constituency, meeting at the behest of the head of the panchayat to discuss and implement local decisions.
    Synonym: (in the rest of India) gram sabha
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