Why our Great country has 4 names India, Bharat, Hindustan and Hind?

Question

In English it is known as India, not Bharat or Hindustan or hind. In Hindi known as Bharat not Hind or India. In Urdu known as Hindustan, Hind and Bharat but not India. Why we have 4 different name?

Answer 1

Hindustan is country for all religion and language. If you will read Hindustani currency note you will find 13 languages on every note starting from One Rupee to One Thousand Rupee. This is a main reason why Hindustan has known commonly 4 names. India, Bharat, Hindustan and Hind.

Answer 2

Well, the name should NOT be Hindustan, because I am an Indian and not a Hindu, and the name Hindustan gives the impression that this land belongs to only to Hindus. It excludes millions of people and that isn't fair. Besides, the constitution of India declares it to be a secular nation; therefore, the name shouldn't favor one religion as Hindustan clearly does. As for changing the name to Bharat...well, why? Other countries have an "official" name that is different from what people call it in their native language. China is called Zhongguo in Mandarin Chinese, Japan is also called Nihon or Nippon, Germany is called Deutschland. So India can be both India and Bharat. And it's not like India was completely made up by the British; it comes from the Indus river. And changing the country's name officially to Bharat would involve a lot of red tape, and I think many Indian people would still refer to it as India in everyday language, the way a lot of institutions in Bombay have kept that name (for example, the Bombay Stock Exchange hasn't been changed to Mumbai Stock Exchange) and some people still call it Bombay. So changing it to Bharat probably would not make much of a difference, other than causing hassle due to having to update textbooks and maps and other documents.

Answer 3

Yes India has all the above 4 names for different resons and they are -

Bharat, is a name for the Republic of India. It is derived from King Bharata, son of Raja Dushyantha and Shakuntala, whose name the Bharata race started. In our Sankalpam (Vow taking before every religious ceremony) we say SUBHE SHOBHANE MUHURTHE ADYA BRAHMANA DWIDEEYA PARATHE SWETHA VARAHA KALPE VAIWASVATHA MANVANTHARA ASHTA VIMSA THITHE KALI YUGE PRATHAME BHAGE PRATHAME DIVASE JAMBHU DWEEPE BHARATHA VARSHE BHARATHA KANDE MEROHO DAKSHINE PARSVE etc etc etc Here the JAMBU DWEEPAM is known as BHARATHA VARSHAM that is India.

Hindustan is another name for India. It was historically applied to northern India, in contrast to the Deccan, or southern India. It included the region bounded on the north by the Himalayas and on the south by the Vindhya Mountains and Narmada River, comprising the Ganges River valley from the Punjab to Assam. The name was also applied to a small area comprising the upper basin of the Ganges. This name actually derived from River SINDU.

HIND is a short name of Hindustan. (Hindu + isthan)

INDIA -When the Persians invaded, in their native tongue 's' becomes 'h' making Sind into 'Hind'.

'Hind' became 'Ind' which is where India is from.
I assume 'Hindu' and 'Hindi' came from this source as well.

Its a possibility that in the ancient world, people from the lands now known as India were called Sindi. There were people called 'Sindi' settled above the Black Sea and also in the near/middle East. There are families within Kurdish tribes called Sindi. Gypsies of Europe were and still are called 'Sinte' from 'Sindi' and 'Sindoi'. -

Answer 4

Bhārata, sometimes Bhāratavarsha (Bhārat or Bhāratvarsha in Hindi) is the name in Sanskrit and many languages of India for India. The Hindi form is also an official name of the Republic of India, and possibly the earliest name given to the nation. (Article 1 of the Constitution of India - 'India that is Bharat shall be a Union of States.'). In Sanskrit, it is pronounced as [bʱaːrət̪ə] while in Hindi as [bʱaːrət̪].


[edit] Mythological Origins
The Sanskrit word Bhārata (Sanskrit: भारत has several meanings. In Vedic Sanskrit, the primary meaning of the word Bhārata was the epithet of Agni (the Vedic demigod of fire). There could be two etymologies for this epithet:

It may come from the Sanskrit root bhr- (Sanskrit: भृ), which means to bear / to carry. As Agni was believed to carry the offerings of the Vedic fire-sacrifices to the Heavens, he was given the title of Bhārata, as the bearer of sacrificial oblations.
It may come as a linguistic derivative of the term Bharata (Sanskrit: भरत, note the short vowel in the first syllable). The term Bharata again refers to Agni or to the fire-priests of the Vedic Age, and is again derived from the same root bhr, but here under the sense of to maintain.
The root bhr is cognate with the English verb "to bear" and Latin "fero".

However, the term Bhārat was also the proper name of several other people in the Early and Later-Vedic Ages.

The Bharatas are a tribe mentioned in the Rigveda, defeated in the Battle of the Ten Kings.

The name "Bhārata" (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, which was duly named after him in his honor. Hence his descendants 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.

The Vishnu Purana (2.3.1) defines Bharata as follows: "The country that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bharata [Bharata-varsha]; there dwell the descendants of Bharata [Bharati santatih]."

Answer 5

India that is Bharat was having more names in ancient times-
AARYAVIRT,
JAMBOO DWIP.
Bharat was the son of Shakuntala, he was a great king.Bharat Varsh is full name.
Hindustan-this name was given by Arabs,Mongol invaders.
Hind- produced by Sindh(U) a river in north west of India
India- given by Englishman and Indus (sindhu river) by Greeks.

Answer 6

Becoz of greatness of India