polgeonow,
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made waves at the summit it hosted this weekend by using "" instead of "India" as its country name in some English-language contexts. https://www.reuters.com/world/india/modi-uses-bharat-g20-nameplate-not-india-amid-name-change-row-2023-09-09/

"Bharat" is already India's name in most local languages, including Hindi, and is mentioned as a synonym of "India" in the English version of the country's constitution, but hasn't been used in formal international contexts until now.

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polgeonow,
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The name "" was already used by the Ancient Greeks more than 2000 years ago, though some in the region associate it more now with the 's colonial subjugation of the country in the 1700s-1900s.

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Ohsin,
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@polgeonow @geography Itis just political diatribe designed to divide and distract.

Fascist organisations like RSS have long used it to instigate people and brush off other social issues by blaming 'western culture'

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rapes-occur-in-india-not-bharat-says-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat-509401

This is ironical given the Sanskrit itself has its roots outside native India and Vedic culture is more close Avesta than anything of Indian origin.

Moreover RSS ideologues were close to British and played no role in Indian freedom struggle.

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