There was an absurdly tiny shop whose proprietor was a member of the village panchayat. 有个小得可笑的店铺，老板是村自治委员会的成员。
However, political parties sustained their activities against the autocratic Panchayat system. 然而政治党派仍继续活动来，借此反对乡村行政系统的专制。
The council, or panchayat, of Ranpur village, 340 km (210 miles) south of state capital Jaipur, then decided to take the law into its own hands. 这座名叫兰普尔的村庄位于印度拉贾斯坦邦首府斋浦尔南部340公里处，该村村委会最后决定将法律掌控在自己的手中。
He threw political leaders behind bars, banned political parties, and installed an autocratic party-less Panchayat system in 1960. 他把政治领袖们逮捕起来，禁止政党活动，并且在1960年实行了一party专政的农村行政系统。
Saluted because the election shows a popular commitment to democracy, which goes back long before the arrival of the British, to the village parliament or panchayat. 值得尊敬是因为这次选举体现了民主的全民参与，这可以追溯到远在英国人到来之前就已有的村议会或者村务委员会；
In 14 years, if the ruling of the village council - or panchayat - where she lives in rural Pakistan is obeyed, she will be married to a man 33 years her senior. 14年后，如果拉比耶所在村庄的行政委员会作出的判决结果还有效的话，她将被迫嫁给一个比她年长33岁的男子。
