Chhota haazri or Chota hazri (Template:Lang-hi, from the Hindustani words for "small" and "presence") was a meal served in households and barracks, particularly in northern British India, shortly after dawn.
In subsequent years, the tradition of such a meal has disappeared, but the phrase lives on in Anglo-Indian households, certain regiments of the Indian Army, and in public schools —such as The Doon School, Dehradun, Colonel Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun , Mayo College, Ajmer, Lawrence School, Sanawar, Lawrence School, Lovedale and St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, where it has come to refer to a cup of tea with a biscuit served at 6:00 a.m.[1]
Historical use of the word
In 1912 explorer Aurel Stein wrote the following during an expedition across the mountains of Pashtunistan: Template:Quote
In 1947, during the political integration of the Indian princely states, the word 'Chhota Hazri' was used as a pun to refer to a small princely state in an ironic way. Template:Quote
'Chota Hazri' was the name of a highly successful thoroughbred horse in British Horse racing around mid twentieth century.[2]
References
- ↑ The Ruling Caste:Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj by David Gilmour. Farrar, Strous and Giroux, London [2006] Template:ISBN
- ↑ Sporthorse Data - Chota Hazri. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
- Bibliography
- Chhota Hazri Days: A Dosco's Yatra by Sanjiv Bathla, Rupa & Co., 2010 Template:ISBN.