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In Hindi, the constitution replaces India with Bharat everywhere, except the part defining the country’s names, which says in Hindi, “Bharat, that is India, shall be a Union of States.”
The name "India" is originally derived from the name of the Indus river and has been in use in Greek since Herodotus (5th century BCE). The term appeared in Old English by the 9th century and reemerged in Modern English in the 17th century. "Bhārat" gained popularity in India during the nineteenth century.
When Indian prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit on Saturday, he sat behind a country name placard that piqued the interest of many.
Supporters say the name will help move past a colonial mentality. “The meaning is the same, be it Bharat, Hindustan or India,” said Amit Gihar, a fashion photographer.
The Hindi–Urdu controversy arose in 19th-century colonial India out of the debate over whether Modern Standard Hindi or Standard Urdu should be chosen as a national language. Hindi and Urdu are mutually intelligible as spoken languages, to the extent that they are sometimes considered to be dialects or registers of a single spoken language ...
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As Modi declared the summit in New Delhi open on Saturday, he sat behind a table nameplate that read "Bharat", while the G20 logo had both names - "Bharat" written in Hindi and "India" in English ...
Bharat, or Bharath, may refer to: Bharat (term), the name for India in various Indian languages India, a country; Bharata Khanda, the Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent; Bharatavarsha, another Sanskrit name for the Indian subcontinent; Bharat (given name), a contemporary given name (including a list of people with the name)