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pan·cha·yat

 (pən-chä′yət)
n.
1. An elected village council in India.
2. A traditional village, caste, or tribal council in South Asia.
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Panchayat

(pənˈtʃɑːjət)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a village council in India
[Hindi, from Sanskrit panch five, because such councils originally consisted of five members]
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Noun1.panchayat - a village council in India or southern Pakistan
council - a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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Since Jawaharlal Nehru took initiative and gave shape to Panchayati Raj in India after independence, it is felt that it is necessary to analyse to what extent Jawaharlal Nehru solidly laid the foundation for democratisation of Indian society and why it was stagnated in the midway is to be investigated and explained.
THE prickly issue of panchayati raj in Jammu and Kashmir came to the fore on Thursday after Congress vice- president Rahul Gandhi defended the sarpanch who had disrupted his speech recently and stressed on empowering institution.
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