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  • noun India Someone whose net worth is greater than one crore Indian Rupees or local currency.

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Examples

  • HYDERABAD: The opposition parties may have branded him the "richest politician on earth" but Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara, by his own admission, has been reduced from a 'crorepati' to a 'lakhpati' in the last five years he ruled the state.

    The Times of India 2009

  • The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is fielding the highest number of 'crorepati' (multi-millionaire) candidates this Lok Sabha elections in Orissa, followed by the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a voluntary organisation said Sunday.

    Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com 2009

  • Among the 'crorepati' nominees, Ranjan said, nine are from the Congress, four from the Samajwadi Party, three each from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party

    SiliconIndia.com 2009

  • The Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) and the Republican Party of India (RPI) have one each while three other 'crorepati' candidates are contesting as Independents. and help us continue to improve SiliconIndia

    SiliconIndia.com 2009

  • This is a huge increase from what the number was in 2004 when the number of 'crorepati' MPs stood at 154.

    India eNews 2009

  • The Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) and the Republican Party of India (RPI) have one each while three other 'crorepati' candidates are contesting as Independents.

    India eNews 2009

  • 'There are 300' crorepati 'MPs in the new Lok Sabha.

    India eNews 2009

  • Slumdog Millionaire was based on a reality show "kaon banega crorepati" and slum actors has done wonderful job in this. peyman javadi

    Interview with Slumdog Millionaire Director Danny Boyle | /Film 2008

  • For instance, the North Indian state of Haryana had a small-town crorepati density of 280.

    An Increasingly Affluent Middle India Is Harder to Ignore 2009

  • A recent report by the National Council for Applied Economic Research in New Delhi forecast that the number of "crorepatis," Indian society's rough equivalent of millionaires, rose by two-and-half times in the last three years to an estimated 53,000 households nationwide; at today's exchange rate, an Indian "crorepati" household earns about $232,000 a year.

    Instant Prosperity and Instant Loan Shantanud 2007

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