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| General | |
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| Professions | |
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| Related professions |
- Nachuni (trainee Tawaif)
- Kanjari (uncultured Tawaif)
- Kasbi (a woman offering her body in trade)
- Nautch Girl (professional dancing girl, from the Hindi word Naach meaning dance)
- Randi (abandoned Hindu widow opting prostitute from the Hindi word Raand meaning a widow)
- Tawaif (cultured courtesan)
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| Major red-light areas |
- Budhwar Peth, Pune
- Chaturbhuj Sthan, Muzaffarpur
- G.B.Road, Delhi
- Itwari, Nagpur
- Kamathipura, Mumbai
- Meergunj, Allahabad
- Mohanpura, Bundi
- Shivdaspur, Varanasi
- Sonagachi, Kolkata
- Tilawala, Jaipur
- Maaroofganj Machherhatta, Old Patna City
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| NGOs and associations | |
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| Notable individuals | |
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| In popular culture | |
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