Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to replace the word India with an ancient Sanskrit name in invitations to a Group of 20 dinner has triggered raucous debate. Speculation is the premier could officially rebrand the country, and everyone from the political opposition to the common citizen is weighing in.
Since being elected in 2014, Modi and his government have worked to erase several reminders of colonial or Mughal rule, oftentimes instigating the change and sometimes buckling to demands from the party’s Hindu nationalist base. The trigger for the renewed push could also be that India is the name of an alliance formed by several opposition parties in July to challenge Modi and his party in national elections due next year.
India derives from the Sanskrit word Sindhu meaning river, which Arab and Greek conquerors amended to Hind and then India. The name gained prominence when the British took over the administration of the country.The very first provision in the Indian Constitution — Article 1 — lays down the two official names for the country as “India, that is Bharat.
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