Definition of Swaraj

1. self-government in British India [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swaraj

swapping
swapping in
swapping out
swapping spit
swappings
swapportunities
swapportunity
swaps
swaps in
swaps out
swaps spit
swapsies
swapt
swaption
swaptions
swaraj (current term)
swarajes
swarajism
swarajisms
swarajist
swarajists
sward
swarded
swardier
swardiest
swarding
swards
swardy
sware
swaree

Literary usage of Swaraj

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"Hence the cry of Swadeshi and swaraj.14 Swadeshi and swaraj. No sooner was the cry raised than the country was swept by a wave of political activity which ..."

2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak: His Writings and Speeches by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1919)
"swaraj is the natural consequence of diligent performance of duty. ... What is then this swaraj ? It is a life centred in Self and dependent upon Self. ..."

3. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"Hence the cry of Swadeshi and Sivaraj.1* Swadeshi and swaraj. No sooner was the cry raised ... country-made, and swaraj meant telf- government or nelf-rule. ..."

4. India of Today by Saiyid Sardar 'Ali Khan (1908)
"SOME BARRIERS TO swaraj. Although in its best sense swaraj means local self-government, just as swadeshi means home industrial advancement, ..."

5. The Development of Self-government in India, 1858-1914 by Cecil Merne Putnam Cross (1922)
"Every conceivable method was resorted to in order to spread the cult of swaraj or self-government, which became the cry of the radicals. ..."

6. Report on India and Persia of the Deputation by Robert E. Speer, Russell Carter (1922)
"But today my corporate activity is undoubtedly devoted to the attainment of Parliamentary swaraj in accordance with the wishes of the people of India. ..."

7. Lala Lajpat Rai: The Man in His Word by Lajpat Rai (1907)
"Henceforth, " swaraj " is our war-cry, our all-inspiring and ... swaraj has now been, officially, so to say, and definitely set up as the polestar in the ..."

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