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polgeonow, to random
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polgeonow,
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@geography Ah, apologies! I was trying to tag @geography, which usually autocompletes for me.

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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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