Aryavarta, Bharat, Hind, India - Know how our country got different names | Explained
1 year, 4 months ago

Aryavarta, Bharat, Hind, India - Know how our country got different names | Explained

India TV News  

A G20 dinner invitation from President Droupadi Murmu describing her as 'President of Bharat' created a buzz on social media on Tuesday with many debating if India's name should be changed to Bharat. From Aryavarta to Bharatvarsha-Bharatkhand, country's name has been addressed many times. Many historians believe that it got this name due to the abundance of jamun trees in India. Along with this, they also started using the word India instead of Bharat or Hindustan which was quite easy to pronounce.

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‘Bharat, That Is India’: What’s in a Name?
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Bharat, That Is India’: What’s in a Name?

The Diplomat  

“India, that is Bharat, shall be the union of states” – so declares the preamble of the Indian Constitution. United Nations, Divided Notions This would imply asking the United Nations and other international bodies to begin calling India “Bharat,” just like Turkey recently did with the name Türkiye. “India,” in turn, is the country’s name in English and in this …

India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country
1 year, 4 months ago

India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — It began with a dinner invitation. India is known by two names: India, used worldwide, and the Sanskrit and Hindi nomenclature of “Bharat.” Now, Modi’s government is signaling that Indians should shed the name India and instead call their country Bharat. Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named …

India that is Bharat: The Hindu Editorial on a name game
1 year, 4 months ago

India that is Bharat: The Hindu Editorial on a name game

The Hindu  

India and Bharat have both evoked the same emotions among patriots for decades, but these labels of pride have now been weaponised for narrow political ends. The Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre has decided to use Bharat instead of India in some official communication and documents, a practice that its representatives say will now expand. ‘India, that is …

India, Bharat and a host of implications
1 year, 4 months ago

India, Bharat and a host of implications

The Hindu  

There are historical, ideological, constitutional and international implications associated with the words Bharat and India. For these parties in the Opposition, the unprecedented use of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of ‘President of India’ is on account of the Narendra Modi government’s concern that ‘INDIA’ may become politically potent. Its ‘Statement of Objects and Reasons’ mentions that “The Constitution of India …

‘India’ in Reserve Bank’s name should be replaced with ‘Bharat’: Himanta
1 year, 4 months ago

‘India’ in Reserve Bank’s name should be replaced with ‘Bharat’: Himanta

The Hindu  

Pitching for the name ‘Bharat’ once again, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on September 6 maintained that institutions like the Reserve Bank of India should be renamed. “How can Modi ji be blamed for something done by Nehru?” he added, in an apparent reference to the use of the name ‘India’ and continuing with ‘colonial practices’. Pointing that the …

'Akhand Bharat' will become reality before...: RSS chief amid name change row
1 year, 4 months ago

'Akhand Bharat' will become reality before...: RSS chief amid name change row

India Today  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday again batted for 'Akhand Bharat', claiming that it will be a reality in the coming years. The RSS chief's statement comes amid the name change debate that started after Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared on X, a G20 dinner invite in which Droupadi Murmu was described as 'President of Bharat'. Since then, …

Kangana Ranaut reacts to buzz around renaming India as Bharat: Freed from slave...
1 year, 4 months ago

Kangana Ranaut reacts to buzz around renaming India as Bharat: Freed from slave...

India Today  

After Amitabh Bachchan, the recent Bollywood star to share her views on India’s name change buzz to Bharat was Kangana Ranaut. The Thalaivii actress shared her views on Twitter with a screenshot of an old Hindustan Times report of her statement in which she had called for the change of the name India two years ago. KANGANA RANAUT REACTS TO …

India or Bharat: What’s behind the dispute over the country’s name?
1 year, 4 months ago

India or Bharat: What’s behind the dispute over the country’s name?

Al Jazeera  

A change to the Sanskrit name is backed by PM Narendra Modi’s BJP, which says the word ‘India’ is a symbol of colonial slavery. Controversy has gripped India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government referred to the country as Bharat on official invitations, leaving many wondering whether the name will be changed. “While there is no constitutional objection to calling …

OPINION | ‘BHARAT’, NOT ‘INDIA’, WILL BE IN TUNE WITH OUR TRADITION, CULTURE
1 year, 4 months ago

OPINION | ‘BHARAT’, NOT ‘INDIA’, WILL BE IN TUNE WITH OUR TRADITION, CULTURE

India TV News  

The debate is on over whether our country should be officially named ‘Bharat’ or the present name ‘India’ should remain. This has fuelled speculations about whether the government is going to remove the word ‘India’ from the Constitution, and whether our country will, henceforth, have only one name “Bharat”. Opposition leaders reacted saying “BJP is rattled by the INDIA alliance …

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat asks people to use name ‘Bharat’ instead of India
1 year, 4 months ago

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat asks people to use name ‘Bharat’ instead of India

The Hindu  

While a G-20 invite mentioning President Droupadi Murmu as ‘President of Bharat’ has led to a flurry of reactions from all sides, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, had recently said that people of the country should use the name ‘Bharat’ instead of India. Mr. Bhagwat, who was speaking at an event organised by Sakal Jain Samaj in Guwahati on …

From India to Bharat: A brief history of the many names of the country
1 year, 4 months ago

From India to Bharat: A brief history of the many names of the country

Firstpost  

Will India soon be called Bharat? “The adoption of India suggests how colonial nomenclature signalled changes in perspectives and helped to usher in an understanding of the subcontinent as a single, bounded and British political territory,” Barrow writes in the article titled “From Hindustan to India: Naming change in changing names.” The Constitution says… In his book “The Discovery of …

Where Did 'Bharat' Come From? Tracing Origin of Bharatvarsh & Story of King Bharat
1 year, 4 months ago

Where Did 'Bharat' Come From? Tracing Origin of Bharatvarsh & Story of King Bharat

News 18  

There has been a growing speculation that the Indian government will bring a resolution to change the country’s official name to ‘Bharat’ during the special session of Parliament this month. According to some reports, the word ‘Bharat’ is the Sanskrit word for the original name of the country was “Bharad" or “Bharah", which is from Prakrit language. Origin of Bharat …

Amitabh Bachchan tweets ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ amid India's name change buzz
1 year, 4 months ago

Amitabh Bachchan tweets ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ amid India's name change buzz

Hindustan Times  

With multiple voices rising for or against the name change of India to Bharat, actor Amitabh Bachchan has seemingly chosen a side. Amitabh Bachchan has seemingly tweeted in support of India's name change. Amitabh's tweet Amitabh tweeted, “Bharat mata ki jai,” in Hindi. India vs Bharat debate The buzz around India's name change started with screenshots of a dinner invite …

Do You Know The 9 Different Names India Has Had Since Ancient Times?
1 year, 6 months ago

Do You Know The 9 Different Names India Has Had Since Ancient Times?

News 18  

When the Constitution of independent India came into force, one of the lines read, “India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states.” However, a few years ago, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court demanding that the country’s name should be changed to only one name- Bharat. Recently, a video in which India was referred to by …

The Hindutva ideal of Akhand Bharat has held firm but its spatial, chronological extents remain hazy
3 years, 10 months ago

The Hindutva ideal of Akhand Bharat has held firm but its spatial, chronological extents remain hazy

Firstpost  

Joining the Dots is a fortnightly column by author and journalist Samrat in which he connects events to ideas, often through analysis, but occasionally through satire. Hindu nationalists view the 1947 Partition of India as only the most recent in a long series of divisions of the territory of ancient Bharat. Pandit Pandurang Vaman Kane, in his history of the …

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