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gramadan

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gra⋅ma⋅dan

[grah-mah-dahn, grah-mah-dahn, grahm-dahn]
–noun
the practice advocated by followers of Mahatma Gandhi in which village landowners in India transfer the title to and the management of their property to a village assembly that represents the interests of all the villagers.
Also, gram⋅dan [grahm-dahn] .


Origin:
1955–60; < Hindi grāmadān, equiv. to grāma village + dān gift, donation
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