"INDIA To BHARAT"

      

      Recently, the news gonna trending or viral is the INDIA changing its name to BHARAT. Many of us didn't know the reason behind it or the history of INDIA and BHARAT names.Is it really good for our country or Indian people.

               There has been no confirmation that such a move is in the works, but members of the government and the ruling BJP have suggested that the name Bharat should take primacy over India. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of the BJP, has always insisted on calling the country Bharat. Whats the reality of changing the whole country name, BJP's very known politician CM Mr.Yogi Adityanath has already done this. in his first stint as CM, had rechristened Faizabad district as Ayodhya and the railway station as Ayodhya Cantt and Allahabad as Prayagraj. The Mughalsarai and Jhansi railways stations were also renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar and Veerangana Laxmibai respectively. We can say it is common in BJP.

     "BHARAT is a historical and ideological name for India, but India is constitutional and international name. The India has another name "HINDUSTAN"(Land of Hindus), The naming of the country was debated by the drafting committee of the constitution. Before the Constitutional Assembly in 1949, the country was known as Bharat India and Hindustan. While a good number of the drafting committee members preferred the old name, Bharat, many others favoured India.

           While India is the most commonly used name for the country, it is often called Bharat and sometimes Hindustan by Indian officials and the public. Bharat is a Sanskrit term found in scriptures from around 2,000 years ago.

History:

       The name "BHARAT" has very interesting history such as, According to legend, the Indus river and very fertile region along its banks inspired the names Hind, Hindustan and India. The name Bharat is thought to have been obtained from The Ramayana from one of the name of Dashrat's sons and Lord Ram's brother Bharat. 

       Some theories also suggest that our country's name, Bharat, is derived from Dushyanta and Shakuntala's son, King Bharat. Aside from that, terminologies like Bharatmuni and Rajarshi Bharat were employed in Natyashastra. Another intriguing fact is that in his portrayal of Mauryan India, Greek historian Megasthenes referred to India as Indica India got its name "India" during the British colonial period. The term "India" was derived from the word "Indus," which refers to the Indus River that flows through the northwestern' The British used the name "India" to refer to the entire region of the Indian subcontinent. subcontinent under their control.

      The country has previously been called by nine different names. India has known as Jambudweep, Bharatkhand, Himvarsh, Aryavart, Hind, Hindustan, Ajnabhavarsh, Bharavarsh, and India since ancient times. It is really from the Sanskrit word from the Rig Veda,"he said. When it comes to 'Bharat', Mythologist Devdutta Pattanaik says that the term first comes from the Rig Veda as well. It is Reference to Bharata, king of Bharata clan, who won the battle of ten kings. 

       India-Bharat name row: He said that first the Persians and then the Greeks’ inability to say the word eventually led to the word India. He also said that the term Bharat does not refer to the entire country but a specific region in the Northern part of the country.

 The name BHARAT has very typical and complicated history everyone has there own opinion according to them.

Present situation:

    Recently, G20 meeting held in India, its proud moment for us, in the G20 logo Bharat name is mentioned. Its first step to the name Bharat is marked on Indian people and international G20 members. Contrarily, “Bharat” harks back to India's past. This name originates from the Mahabharata, one of India's two great epics. King Bharat, a legendary monarch, is said to have been the forebearer of all Indians. Thus, the name “Bharat” symbolizes the nation of king Bharat's descendants.

        Changing the name India to Bharat is very controversial topic right now to politicians and people of our country, my question is what we want what really people want, they want to change in our country name, is that really good for us and its good then its good. i don't know its good or bad  for our country. really our politicians think about our country or its just there political stunt or upcoming elections ajenda, i think they think about our real problems of country like unemployment, farmers, industrial development, why they think what really we want what nation want.....