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The word is used to refer to various general strikes in the 1940s, the 1950s, and the 1960s such as the All-[[Malayan Union|Malaya]] Hartal of 1947 and the [[Penang]] Hartal of 1967.<ref name="Gross99" /> | The word is used to refer to various general strikes in the 1940s, the 1950s, and the 1960s such as the All-[[Malayan Union|Malaya]] Hartal of 1947 and the [[Penang]] Hartal of 1967.<ref name="Gross99" /> | ||
The term was revived in modern [[Malaysia]] to a strike conducted by contract doctors in July 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia]] in protest of the lack of permanent employment opportunities provided for them despite a mandatory 5-year contract of housemanship public health service and in response to the country's health ministry's inactive addressing of their grievances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/07/26/contract-medical-officers-walk-out-nationwide-in-support-of-hartal-call-for-immediate-reform|title=Contract medical officers walk out nationwide in support of Hartal, call for immediate reform|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=26 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chua|first=Minxi|date=23 July 2021|title=“We Are All Hartal”: Malaysian Contract Doctors to Strike|url=http://newnaratif.com/we-are-all-hartal-malaysian-contract-doctors-to-strike/share/wtbyqoret/23ac5c7a4f5baf9388a7ef179f045907/|url-status=live|access-date=28 July 2021|website=New Naratif|language=en-GB}}</ref> | The term was revived in modern [[Malaysia]] to a [[Hartal Doktor Kontrak|strike]] conducted by contract doctors in July 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia]] in protest of the lack of permanent employment opportunities provided for them despite a mandatory 5-year contract of housemanship public health service and in response to the country's health ministry's inactive addressing of their grievances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/07/26/contract-medical-officers-walk-out-nationwide-in-support-of-hartal-call-for-immediate-reform|title=Contract medical officers walk out nationwide in support of Hartal, call for immediate reform|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=26 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Chua|first=Minxi|date=23 July 2021|title=“We Are All Hartal”: Malaysian Contract Doctors to Strike|url=http://newnaratif.com/we-are-all-hartal-malaysian-contract-doctors-to-strike/share/wtbyqoret/23ac5c7a4f5baf9388a7ef179f045907/|url-status=live|access-date=28 July 2021|website=New Naratif|language=en-GB}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||