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noun
A body comprising all the voters of gram panchayat constituency, meeting at the behest of the head of the panchayat to discuss and implement local decisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: West-Bengal
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Synonyms: gram sabha
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Bengali গ্রাম সংসদ (gram śoṅśod, literally “village parliament”), which is a learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma) + संसद (saṃsada).
