Meerut

[ meer-uht ]

noun

1. a city in W Uttar Pradesh, in N India.

Meerut

/ ˈmɪərət /

noun

1. an industrial city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh: founded as a military base by the British in 1806 and scene of the first uprising (1857) of the Indian Mutiny. Pop: 1 074 229 (2001)

Example Sentences

It is a tightly controlled operation: BJP volunteers in Meerut say that each day, the party's headquarters in Delhi sends political messages and hashtags - these range from praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP to criticising the opposition - that need to trend to the state-level headquarters.

From BBC

From there, the messages reach 180 Meerut constituency volunteers, including Ankur.

From BBC

"Each member of the party, from the bottom to the very top, including the party president, is responsible for 60 voters," said Vipin Vipala, in charge of campaigning for the BJP near a polling booth in Meerut.

From BBC

Outside Meerut University, we met students in their early 20s who are first-time voters.

From BBC

In The Agra Double Murder: A Crime of Passion from the Raj, he writes about how Augusta Fullam, an Englishwoman living in Meerut city, and Dr Clark, an Anglo-Indian man, conspired to poison their respective spouses so that they could be together.

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