"Bharat"
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F'ing Injuns...
https://apnews.com/article/india-sanskrit-name-bharat-modi-g20-72782ba81aa67dcf7e197a98fec9b5f5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names.
Indian President Droupadi Murmu is referred to as “President of Bharat” instead of “President of India” in the invitation sent to G20 attendees. The nation of more than 1.4 billion people is officially known by two names, India and Bharat, but the former is most commonly used, both domestically and internationally.
Bharat is an ancient Sanskrit word which many historians believe dates back to early Hindu texts. The word also means India in Hindi.
The change in nomenclature is backed by officials of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. They argue that the name India was introduced by British colonials and is a “symbol of slavery.” The British ruled India for about 200 years until the country gained independence in 1947.
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Fork in the topic thread.
A good book about the partition is "It happened at Midnight"
(EDIT - I was looking for the book cover to add to this post, and now I cannot find the book. So, maybe I have mis-remembered the title. LOL)
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This one’s interesting. The city name changes (Bombay -> Mumbai, Calcutta -> Kolcutta) seemed academic to me. My family still refers to them with the old names.
This one is a substantive difference. “Bharat” is still a very commonly used term and it does have a different connotation from
India.India has always felt like an artificial name for a country that never really existed before the British.
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Many Indians I have known would tell you in private conversation how much they detested the British, and with good reason.
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Wow how ignorant I am of some basic history. I didn't realize India and Pakistan used to be the same "country" (or that Bangladesh was East Pakistan before it broke off).
Also, I'm surprised the name America hasn't been cancelled yet. He (Vespucci) was one of those evil explorers who helped with the slave trade, you know.
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It’s Constitutional.
India constitution (English version): https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s380537a945c7aaa788ccfcdf1b99b5d8f/uploads/2023/05/2023050195.pdf
PART 1, Article 1, (1)
India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. -
It’s Constitutional.
India constitution (English version): https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s380537a945c7aaa788ccfcdf1b99b5d8f/uploads/2023/05/2023050195.pdf
PART 1, Article 1, (1)
India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.It’s Constitutional.
India constitution (English version): https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s380537a945c7aaa788ccfcdf1b99b5d8f/uploads/2023/05/2023050195.pdf
PART 1, Article 1, (1)
India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.I've always found it interesting how "The United States" came to be referred to as "America."
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And the official mane of Mexico is "United Mexican States"
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So if India goes back to being Bharat and we start calling people with that heritage Bharatians, can we go back to calling Native Americans “Indians”?
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Ha, that reminds me of a big debate I had with friends in college about how places like Peru can be called America too.
Ha, that reminds me of a big debate I had with friends in college about how places like Peru can be called America too.
In South America they refer to us (USA) Americans as “Norteamericanos” (at least when they’re being polite).
México is also North America, so they don’t say that. There I t’s Estadounidense”.
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Wow how ignorant I am of some basic history. I didn't realize India and Pakistan used to be the same "country" (or that Bangladesh was East Pakistan before it broke off).
Also, I'm surprised the name America hasn't been cancelled yet. He (Vespucci) was one of those evil explorers who helped with the slave trade, you know.
