Chhota haazri, from the Hindustani

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 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

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 households, certain regiments of the Indian Army

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, and in public schools such as The Doon School

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 and Lawrence School, Sanawar

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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.