Mahasabha
/ˈmɑː(h)əsəˌbɑː/ /məˈhɑːsəbɑː/(also Mahasabah) Indian Polit.
noun
In full Hindu Mahasabha. (The name of) an orthodox Hindu nationalist movement.
- First founded 1907 in the Punjab under the name Hindu Sabha. Originally a social and cultural organization, it became a national (and increasingly political) movement from 1915..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The Times. From Sanskrit Mahāsabhā from mahā- great + sabhā assembly, council.
- powder snow
- powder sugar
- powder tax
- powder treason
- powdery
- powdery mildew
- powdyke
- Powell, Anthony
- market rate
- market rent
- market report
- market research
- market research agency
- market-researched
- market researcher
- market-ripe
- market risk
- market share
- market-sharing
- market socialism
- market-socialist
- market society
- marketspace
- market square
- market stall