Hartal

Hartal ( Gujarati: = " Har " = "all ", "always", "Valley " / " Tala ", " close " ) refers to a form of strike. The term refers to a day of mourning or protest in which all shops are closed, people are not working and not shopping.

The word has become popular by Mahatma Gandhi in India during the liberation struggle against the British. Early 1919, the British colonial power the Rowlatt Act into law, a law which extended the state of emergency from the First World War. When Gandhi Hartal had a religious reference, which should to practice fasting and prayer at protest parties to exclude violence.

In Bangladesh hartals are very common; they are usually proclaimed by the opposition or trade unions. They are at least in Bangladesh general strike similar.

• Policy ( India)
• Demonstrationsart
• Labor dispute
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi