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India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by ExAngel007(op): 3:00pm On Sep 05, 2023

India’s parliament is considering renaming the country during the upcoming special session scheduled for September 18-22, India Times , a local media outfit, reports.

There have been growing clamour to rename the country as Bharat — an acronym for “Bring Harmony, Amity, Reconciliation And Trust”.

The country’s government officials have also begun to
gradually apply the changes.

Official G20 dinner invitations from Droupadi Murmu, Indian president, were sent under the name of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the usual ‘President of India’.

Members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have also come out in support of renaming the country “Bharat”.

On Tuesday, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam chief minister,
said renaming the country would prove that India is marching towards civilisation.

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood actor, also referred to India as Bharat.

Some in the country argue that the name ‘India’ is a symbol of “colonial slavery” and “should be removed from the constitution”.

“The British changed Bharat’s name to India. Under Article 1, the Constitution states: ‘India, that is Bharat’. Our country has been known by the name ‘Bharat’ for thousands of years… it is this country’s ancient name and is found in ancient Sanskrit text,” the Rajya Sabha, the country’s upper house of parliament, said.

https://www.thecable.ng/indias-parliament-considers-renaming-country-bharat/amp

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Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by TemplarLandry: 3:00pm On Sep 05, 2023

Hinduism was so prevalent in India at a time to the extent that they wanted to change their name from “India” to “Hindustan” but they were resisted.
Revival is coming to India.

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Malroux: 3:01pm On Sep 05, 2023

Same thing Nigeria will do soon. Wole Olanipekun advised we rename Nigeria Biafra.

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by saintopus(m): 3:04pm On Sep 05, 2023

Malroux:
Same thing Nigeria will do soon. Wole Olanipekun advised we rename Nigeria Biafra.

I'm in total agreement with this idea though not Biafra

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Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Zonefree(m): 3:06pm On Sep 05, 2023

Just remembered that werey wey say e wan rename Nigeria to UAR

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Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Malroux: 3:07pm On Sep 05, 2023

saintopus:
I'm in total agreement with this idea

Biafra will be a better option than Niger Area.

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Parachoko: 3:11pm On Sep 05, 2023

Malroux:
Same thing Nigeria will do soon. Wole Olanipekun advised we rename Nigeria Biafra.

When did Woke Olanipekun give this advise?

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Parachoko: 3:12pm On Sep 05, 2023

Malroux:
Biafra will be a better option than Niger Area.

What's the meaning of Biafra?

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Malroux: 3:15pm On Sep 05, 2023

Parachoko:
When did Woke Olanipekun give this advise?

Last two days ago.

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Racoon(m): 3:15pm On Sep 05, 2023

British named them Burma. They rejected it, restructured & renamed themselves Myanmar.

-British named them Upper Volta, but they rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Burkina Faso - Land of Incorruptible People.

-British named them Gold Coast, they rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Ghana

-British named them Southern Rhodesia. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Zimbabwe.

-British named them Northern Rhodesia. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Zambia.

-British named them Tanganyika. [/b]They rejected it, restructured & renamed themselves [b]Tanzania.

-Germans named them Colony of South West Africa. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Namibia.

-France named them Dahomey. They rejected it, restructured and renamed themselves Benin Republic.

-Belgium named them Zaire. However, they rejected it, restructured & renamed themselves Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

-Britain named a bunch of people -Nigeria.
They rather kill to preserve it than restructure and give themselves a befitting new name.

"It is only an animal that bears the name that is given to it by his enemy" (Proverb).

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Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by JudgeWilson(m): 4:08pm On Sep 05, 2023

Nigeria which way? When will Nigeria change its name from what Lugards whor€ gave us to something indigenous?

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by panafrican(m): 4:18pm On Sep 05, 2023

They are crazy to spit on their century long heritage.

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by panafrican(m): 4:21pm On Sep 05, 2023

South Africa, Cameroon, Nigera , Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone , and Cap Vert should change their names.
Let's name Nigeria : Nit[b]che [/b] (meaning Bless Waters ) in a subgroup of the Niger-Congo tongues.
This is the original name of "Niger " but the white man mispronounced it Ni ger .
Ni= Water
Tche = Blessed , Good luck, happiness.

Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by rationalhuman(m): 7:58pm On Sep 05, 2023

Their written and documented history is over 5000 years old, i am using word DOCUMENTED as i have seen that in their national museum.

BTW Bharat is their ancient original name.

panafrican:
They are crazy to spit on their century long heritage.

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Re: India’s Parliament Considers Renaming Country ‘Bharat’ by Pusyiter(m): 7:46am On Sep 09, 2023

.....those that have succeded in changing their names, what effect has it brought to them?
Change names a million times and not the hearts of people, you're but wasting your time.

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