What is the meaning of the word harthal? The utterance or reference of this single denotes the closing of offices,shops, market places, schools and colleges and all other types of work   as a mark of public protest or sorrow. This has been the most popular form of protest by gathering a lot of people against any activity of the government, and dates back to days of British colonial rule in India. In those days, the repressive actions perpetrated by the colonial British Government and princely states used to evoke mass protest and harthal was a conitinuation of the same movement. The word "Hartal" is Gujarati. In this languag........