Plural of hartal; multiple instances of work stoppages or protests, especially in South Asian contexts.
Simple plural of 'hartal' using the standard English '-s' suffix.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Indian newspapers filled columns describing massive hartals affecting entire cities—the word represents a moment when a specific political tactic became so important it needed its own word in English!
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