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Definition of Punchayet
1. Noun. A village council in India or southern Pakistan.
Generic synonyms: Council
Geographical relationships: Bharat, India, Republic Of India
Category relationships: Islamic Republic Of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punchayet
Literary usage of Punchayet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of Indian Government: Being a Selection from the Papers of Henry by Henry St. George Tucker, John William Kaye (1853)
"The " punchayet" has been tried under more than one form ; and it has been very
generally rejected by those very parties to whom it was offered, ..."
2. Memorials of Indian Government: Being a Selection from the Papers of Henry by Henry St. George Tucker, John William Kaye (1853)
"The " punchayet" has been tried under more than one ... If by " punchayet" be
meant a system of voluntary arbitration, no reasonable man can object to it; ..."
3. The Parsees: Their History, Manners, Customs, and Religion by Dosabhai Framji Karaka (1858)
"The punchayet—Its origin—Progress and decline—A new association established for
obtaining civil laws for the Parsees. THE affairs of the Parsee community, ..."
4. A Memoir of Central India, Including Malwa, and Adjoining Provinces by John Malcolm (1832)
"Courts of punchayet; flow used; plan for t/teir introduction.—Concluding observations.
Reflection* IT appears of essential importance that the great ..."
5. The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature by James Silk Buckingham (1826)
"While such notions prevail among Indian legislators, no wonder punchayet is
unpopular with them. MEDICAL SERVICE OF BENGAL. To the Editor of the Oriental ..."
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