Definition of "bandh"

The impending course of events and the patterns of violence could have readily been foreseen after the incident in Godhra, and particularly after the VHP's declaration of a state-wide bandh, both by the city's residents and government authorities […]

2007, Ornit Shanri, Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat

A week-long bandh was in progress. People had nothing to do.

2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee

Opposition parties said that the bandh was a success. The ruling parties said the opposite. Some saw government insensitivity in the bandh and the beginning of the fight against inflationary trends.

2013, Purnendu Ghosh, The Rising Sun, page 26