bocha

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1. IndiahistoricalA two-door sedan chair.

   […] the bocha, the chair-palanquin […]

   1995, The India Magazine of Her People and Culture, volume 16, page 17

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   When the compilation by Williamson was first examined in order to correct his vulgar mode of spelling Hindoostanee words, a good while since, the number seemed so formidable, that innovation, even from a wrong system to a right one, was then indefinitely suspended; but... it would be unjust to postpone emendation any farther... incorrect... bochah,... correct... bocha.

   1825, John Borthwick Gilchrist editing Thomas Williamson as The General East India Guide and Vade Mecum..., Appendix No. IV, pp. 652 & 658

   Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.

   1868 February 7, "Englishman", "Attempted Assassination of Sir Salar Jung...", Hyderabad Times, Vol. III, p. 41

   […] the Amir-i-Kabir, seated in a "Bocha" (palanquin), had also arrived at the gate of the Royal Palace […]

   1931, Server Jung Bahadur, translated by Bahadur Yar Jung, My Life, page 139