krantikari

plural krantikaris

1. IndiaA revolutionary.

   If I didn't have so much money I could almost be like one of those unwashed, lesbian mahila krantikaris from LSR you know?

   2018 April 20, Rohan Dahiya, The Bitter Pill Social Club, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN

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   Even from my small scholarship money, I used to donate to the local krantikari teams. Sometimes they used to hide in our hostels, trying to run away from the police. However, I never participated directly. I believe there are many ways to serve the country, and my work is nothing less than that of the krantikaris.

   2015 July 14, Debajani Mohanty, The Curse of Damini, Partridge Publishing, →ISBN

   These riyasats were preyed on by dacoits (armed robbers) and were also a refuge for absconding krantikaris (revolutionaries) active in the region.

   2021 September 30, Aparna Vaidik, Waiting for Swaraj: Inner Lives of Indian Revolutionaries, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 3