Bharat Army en · PROPN
Etymology
From the Barmy Army, and Bharat.
Meanings
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Bharat, Army. An Indian army.
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The group composed of Indian cricket fans who travel, sporadically, around the world to watch and support the Indian cricket team in action.
Fan involvement was the main 90's phenomena, and the Barmy Army were the fore-runners and leaders in this (and have since been followed by the Bharat Army (India), the Aussie Cricket Family, etc).
2011, Pete Christopher, Barmy Days and Balmy Nights, page 319:[…] loyalists such as England's Barmy Army and India's Bharat Army, who follow their national cricket team […]
2014, Rob Steen, Floodlights and touchlines:Every Barmy Army chant was countered by the British Bharat Army. India batted first. […]
2011 February 5, (mint) Lounge:The Bharat Army—with around 30 in Gandhi topis, 51 tricolour T-shirts and Sachin Tendulkar posters—continually cheered the Indians […]
2004, Boria Majumdar, J A Mangan, Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003: