Pakistan May Grab ‘India’ Name If Govt Gives It Up At UN
New Delhi: In case India decides to change its name to Bharat, there is another country waiting at the heels to adopt the name.
Local media reports in Pakistan say the country may lay claim to the name ‘India’.
A tweet from the X handle of South Asia Index read: “Pakistan may lay claim on name “India” if India derecongnises it officially at UN level. – local media.”
“Nationalists in Pakistan have long argued that Pakistan has rights on the name as it refers to Indus region in.”
Just IN:โ Pakistan may lay claim on name “India” if India derecongnises it officially at UN level. – local media
โ Nationalists in Pakistan have long argued that Pakistan has rights on the name as it refers to Indus region in ๐ต๐ฐ.
โ South Asia Index (@SouthAsiaIndex) September 5, 2023
An earlier tweet from the handle had claimed that the government in India is set to change the name of the country from India to Bharat in an attempt to “decolonise” India. It is to be noted that the Indian government has not made any official statement on changing the name of the country. The handle pointed out that the name Bharat has roots in Sanskrit.
“India refers to Indus region, basin of mighty Indus River, spanning much of modern day Pakistan,” it read, adding, “Jinnah had objected to British India adopting “India” as its name for newly independent country & had suggested Hindustan or Bharat instead.”
Indian govt is set to rename the name of country from India to ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ญ in an attempt to “decolonise” India.
โ Name ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ has roots in Sanskrit language & is also the name of famous medival era King of this region.
โ India refers to Indus region, basin of mightyโฆ
โ South Asia Index (@SouthAsiaIndex) September 5, 2023
In 1947, a month after India’s Independence, Muhammed Ali Jinnah refused to accept an invitation from Louis Mountbatten to be the honorary president of an art exhibition because the invitation used India instead of Hindustan to refer to the country. โIt is a pity that for some mysterious reason Hindustan have adopted the word โIndiaโ which is certainly misleading and is intended to create confusion,โ Jinnah had then written to Mountbatten.
South Asia Index, in the tweet, further claimed that Indian rightwing has long detested name “India.”
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