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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.
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.”
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 ...
National symbols of India; Symbol Name Image Adopted Notes Official name: Republic of India (Bharat Ganarajya) [9] 26 January 1950 [10] The Constitution of India uses the official names of India and Bharat. [10] [11] The name "India" is derived from the Classical Latin India, a reference to the region beyond the Indus River.
A third name, Hindustan, is also used when North Indians speak among themselves. The usage of "India", "Bharat", or "Hindustan" depends on the context and language of conversation. 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).
Bharat Mata (Bhārat Mātā, Mother India in English) is a national personification of India (Bharat [1]) as a mother goddess. Bharat Mata is commonly depicted dressed in a red or saffron -coloured sari and holding a national flag ; she sometimes stands on a lotus and is accompanied by a lion .
The country, which comfortably juggles multiple names of ancient and modern origin, could be renamed, say reports. But what are these names and where did they come from? India or Bharat?
Being the official script for Hindi, Devanagari is officially used in the Union Government of India as well as several Indian states where Hindi is an official language, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and the Indian union territories of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli ...