Hartal Vs Bandh?

What is the difference between Hartal and Bandh?

Kerala High Court has banned Bandh in the State. Since then there are frequent hartals in the State.

However, all hartals in Kerala is more intense than a Bandh.
The public is hence unable to figure out the difference between Hartals and Bandhs.

Let us try to differentiate the two ( a wish):

Bandh

• declared on short notices  
• should be declared to defeat only external forces.( Mahatma Gandhi introduced and used bandhs to expel  foreigners. ). 

Hartals

• Are declared in advance, with a notice period of over 72 hours.
• No forceful shutdown of shops, industries...