महागठबंधन

Hindi[edit]

महा- (mahā-, “great, grand”) +‎ गठबंधन (gaṭhbandhan, “alliance”).

Coined in 2015 to refer to the alliance between the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), and Indian National Congress to challenge the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. Since generalized to any such alliance among the opposition.

महागठबंधन • (mahāgaṭhbandhan) m

(politics) a "grand alliance" formed by a group of opposition parties to topple the ruling party

Declension of महागठबंधन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	महागठबंधन mahāgaṭhbandhan	महागठबंधन mahāgaṭhbandhan
oblique	महागठबंधन mahāgaṭhbandhan	महागठबंधनों mahāgaṭhbandhanõ
vocative	महागठबंधन mahāgaṭhbandhan	महागठबंधनो mahāgaṭhbandhano