Can anyone please tell me that how name of "Bharat" change to "Hindustan" and then to "India"

Answer 1

When the Moslem invaders trooped into India, they found it to be a nation of Hindus. And since 'Bharat' did not make any sense to them, they renamed the country as 'Hindustan' - the 'land of the Hindus'.
When, later, the European and British traders found their ways to the Indian shores, they found 'Hindustan' too hard to pronounce and came up with their own shortened version, as 'India' !
That 'nick' name has stuck on, for good !

Answer 2

The country was ruled by Bharat, the son of Shakuntala and Dushyantha. So it was named as 'Bharat'.
Majority of the people are Hindus and major language is Hindi. Hence the land was called as 'Hindustan'.
The country was under the foreign rule for a very long period. British, Portugese, French and Dutch established their colonies. They called the country as 'India'.

Answer 3

It is mythology question u had make that Ramayanam Bharat is the brother of Ram then the name had came and when Moghals enters ruling in India at Sindh river called as Hindustan and when the British ruling to our country then it called as India.
May hope that u got this answer

Answer 4

India's recognized as 'Bhaarat' that's on the name of King Bharat who was a son of Dushyanta & Shakuntala.

Then, Anaryas (outsiders) came and they called our motherland Hindustan that is, India is at the river Sindhu & they called river Sindhu in Persian Hindu so they named 'Hindustan'.

English people came and they established 'East India Co. ' and they give new name 'India', we became free in 1947, but our motherland 's name still as per British rule.

Answer 5

Name Bharat was kept after the name of King Bharat.

Hindustan name was given to Bharat country after mughals came and since hindustan has Sindh rivar and mughals couldnt pronounce "S". They called it Hind and people staying here as Hindu. And hence the land where hindu stay was termed as Hindustan.

India name was given by britishers which means that the place where "Adiwasi" i.e. Indians stay.

That is how ur country has got 3 names but judiciary still has name of this country as Bharat in Hindi and India in English.

Since English has taken over as working language India is used more commonly than Bharat.

Answer 6

The name 'India' is derived from Indus, which is derived from the Old Persian word Hindu, from Sanskrit Sindhu, the historic local appellation for the Indus River. The Constitution of India and common usage recognise Bharat as an official name, India is also recognized with equal status. A third name, Hindustan (Persian: Land of the Hindus) has been used since the twelfth century, although its contemporary use is unevenly applied.

Hindustan:
To the Western world, Bharat has always been known under the name of Hind or its variants. In Vedic Sanskrit, the word Sindhu meant the river Indus in particular and any river or water body in general.

The Ancient Indo-Aryans called their expanse Sapta Sindhu, meaning the land of seven rivers (including the Indus)—attested several times in the Rig Veda. The /s/ of the Indic branch (as represented by Sanskrit) is linguistically cognate with the /h/ sound of Iranian (as represented by Avestan and Old Persian).

Hence the term Sapta Sindhu became Hapta Hindu in Avesta, the supreme scripture of the early Iranians. In Persian, stān means a land (cognate to Sanskrit's sthāna: place, land) .
Hence India, the land to the East of the Indus, soon came to be known as Hindustan by the Persians and the Arabs.

Its shortened form was Hind, which became Hindia in Ancient Greek and India in later Greek and Latin.
The name Bharata (in the sense of India) is derived from either of two ancient Hindu kings named Bharata, though it is more commonly accepted that the name derives from that of the son of Dushyanta, whom the Mahabharata credits with bringing the whole of Bharatavarsha under his rule and securing the title of an emperor. He was said to have first conquered all of the known world (sic), which was duly named after him in his honor. Hence his descendents were called as the Bhāratas. In all the classical and religious works of Hinduism, such as the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and the Puranas, Bhārat is the name used for what is today known as the Indian subcontinent.

Answer 7

The primary and the most popular usage of the term Hindustan in both Hindi as well as its variant Urdu refers to the modern Republic of India. This usage is hotly debated in modern India by some people, especially by the followers of non-Hindu religions (who see the term Hindustan as meaning the land of the Hindu religious community) and by the speakers of non-Hindi/Urdu languages (who see the term as meaning the land of the Hindi-speaking community).

Both these views are incorrect because the geographic sense of the term had appeared long ago and the linguistic and religious senses are comparatively newer. Hindi language (officially) also recognizes another name of India, which is Bhārat (Hindi: भारत). However, Hindi exhibits a significant degree of diglossia—wherein there is a formal and High-Standard variety of the language (called Shuddha Hindi, used in formal writing, announcements, and public speaking), and a colloquial, informal variety (which could be called Hindustani language, used in daily, informal speech and in entertainment, cinema, etc.).

Hence the term Bhārat is used almost exclusively in official correspondences and nomenclatures, news, and formal speaking and writing. In everyday-spoken Hindi, term Bhārat is hardy ever used, the more popular term being Hindustan to refer to India (the contemporary Union of India). T

he Hindi cinema also uses the term Bhārat sparingly, rather referring to India as Hindustan or by its English name. In this sense, the adjective of Hindustan is Hindustani. Contrary to the perception of Hindustan being the land of the Hindu religious community, it is the Indian Muslims who (in Urdu) call India as Hindustan, and almost never as Bhārat (which has a Sanskrit origin). But many non-Hindi speakers in India still prefer to call India as Bhārat, and not as Hindustan.

Answer 8

Archana has given a beautiful answer. I didnt know the fact about Hindustan and India.

Answer 9

BHARAT IS THE NAME DECIDED AFTER INDEPENDENCE. THE COUNTRY WAS UNDER DIFFERENT KINGS & EMPERORS. AURENGAZEB WAS THE FIRST EMPEROR TO CONSOLIDATE MANY STATES UNDER HIS RULE. THE NAME 'HINDUSTAN' PROBABLY DERIVED, BY HIM, ON THE BASIS OF INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION OR THE PREVELENT HINDU CULTURE. THE BRITISHERS CONVERTED THE SAME TO INDIA, AS THEY HAVE DONE TO ALL STATES

Answer 10

Archana gave a beautiful explenation but the name India was given by Vascodigama of Porchuguese origin.