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The Republic of India has two principal official short names, each of which is historically significant: India and Bharat. 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.
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area ; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
After the Delhi Sultanate was established, north India, especially the Gangetic plains and the Punjab, came to be called "Hindustan". [ 32 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] [ 36 ] Scholar Bratindra Nath Mukherjee states that this narrow meaning of Hindustan existed side by side with the wider meaning, and some of the authors used both of them simultaneously.
Many maps printed in the Republic of India after 1947 called the new country Bharat – the Constitution of the Republic of India officially names the country Bharat. [36] [37] Even today, many Hindu nationalists and Hindi speakers in India argue for the word Bharat to become the only official name of the country. [38]
Democracy in India is the largest by population in the world. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Elections in India started with the 1951–52 Indian general election . India was one of the first few countries in the world which adopted universal adult franchise right from independence, giving women and men equal voting rights.
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 ...
Political subdivisions of the Indian Empire in 1909 with British India (pink) and the princely states (yellow) Before it gained independence in 1947, India (also called the Indian Empire) was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule (British India), and the other consisting of princely states under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal ...
Jaishankar, who is from India's diplomatic corps and has been envoy to China and the U.S., has become Modi's chief spokesman for the world, and translator of foreign policy for the domestic audience.