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darbar

(ˈdɑːbɑː)
n
a hall in a Sikh temple
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dur•bar

(ˈdɜr bɑr)

n.
1. Also, darbar. (in colonial India) a reception, commemorating a particular occasion.
2. a similar reception held in the former Hausa states of N Nigeria.
[1600–10; alter. of Urdu darbār court < Persian, =dar door + bār entry]
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Summary: New Delhi [India] Nov 27 (ANI): A day after a 39-year-old man was arrested for carrying a live cartridge to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Janata Darbar on Monday, Delhi Police confirmed that the man, identified as Imran, had kept the cartridge with him with an intention to get rid of it.
Some of his contemporary Nanakpanthi saints included Swami Dharmdas who founded a darbar in Kennedy Market in Larkana.
QUIPPING on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's failure to hold janta darbar, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said Kejriwal should learn the basics of this programme from him.
Dubai: The Sikh community in Dubai hailed the visit of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, to Guru Nanak Darbar at Jebel Ali on Wednesday.
LAHORE, July 7 -- Another victim of the Data Darbar suicide attack passed away in Mayo Hospital, while a policeman deputed at the hospital warned the relatives of the victim that he would fire at them if they came to him.
Coach and matchmaker Dinesh Darbar expects "five or six" to make debuts in front of their home crowd - including juniors Taylor Murray, Lewis O'Brien, Joe Docherty and brothers Michael and Johnny Cawley.
LAHORE -- Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has announced to increase the area of Gurdawara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur from three acres to 42 acres and further announced not to build structures on the land which remained under the cultivation of Baba Guru Nanak.
Earlier on May 9, 13 people, including five policemen, were killed and 25 others were injured in a bomb blast targetting a vehicle of the Elite Force outside Lahore's Data Darbar.
Lahore -- Alleged facilitator of terrorist in Data Darbar massacre has been found an innocent man identified as Zeeshan.
The death toll of the bomb blast, targeting police outside the famous Data Darbar shrine in Lahore, reached 12 after another injured succumbed to his injuries, Express News reported on Friday.
LAHORE -- Security forces in Lahore have taken five people into custody in connection with deadly suicide bombing outside Datta Darbar which killed nearly 12 people and injured over 30, police sources said Friday.
LAHORE -- As many as eight persons including five policemen were killed, while 25 other persons injured in a blast near Data Darbar Gate number 2, here on Wednesday.