Believers weigh what the latest postcolonial name change discussion would ... and stand firmly on it.” Lal expressed concern that changing the name to Bharat only, which so far has been secular ...

A new official document calling Mr Modi the “prime minister of Bharat” added to swirling rumours that the country could get a name change. On Wednesday, photos emerged of the document on Mr ...

The abrupt change in a very formal official ... Seth Govind Das, and Shibban Lal Saxena. But B.R. Ambedkar added the words “that is Bharat” as a compromise. He never once said that ‘Bharat ...

Visiting guests for the summit are also being welcomed to New Delhi with giant billboards that refer to the country as both Bharat and India. Efforts to change India’s name have been made in the ...

Now it may be poised to implement the most eye-catching change yet: renaming the country ... sat behind a nameplate inscribed with “Bharat”, the Hindi name for India. The use of Bharat ...

A state dinner invitation from Indian President Droupadi Murmu to the leaders of the G20 nations has triggered a political fight in the country over the use of the phrase “President of Bharat ...

Part of the rationale offered by supporters of the name change is that Bharat is an indigenous term that goes back in history and was prominent in the anti-colonial struggles – for example, ...

7 visit to Indonesia. This led to speculation that the ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party was planning to officially change the name of the country of India to Bharat, an ancient Sanskrit word ...