"Japan" is called "japan" in gujarati, Hindi, English...
for "America (U.S.A.)" , we only use America(or U.S.A.) then why our nation is known as "India" in English language rather than "Bharat"?
2007-07-15 01:09:41 · 23 answers · asked by satya 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Who told you India is English word. I am sorry you verify and ask the question Yours VRVRAO
2007-07-15 01:14:16 · answer #1 · answered by Raghavendra R 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Why India Is Called Bharat
2017-01-18 21:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opening sentence of Indian Constitution says India that is Bharat. Because of the policy of appeasement which Indians have adopted from first day by appeasing those who oppose Hindi; accepting policy of reservation and minority for last 60 years. India is not progressing at all as other small nations are. It is shame to Indians.Don't you agree. Understand the spirit. India is not Bharat but Bharat is Bharat.
2007-07-15 02:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by baba 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is because the people in ancient times called the River Sindhu as Indu ( they could not pronounce properly. and the people living on the banks of River Sindhu,The Aryans, were called Indus and later on gradually the word changed to India and Indians.
It was Arya varta.
Then it was ,in the scriptures ,Bharat ( because of Great person Bhararha).It is a part of Bharth Khand ,which is a part of Bharath Varsha.The old maps show the extent of Bhartah Varsham.
So as time progressed the word India was coined.
2007-07-15 01:54:32 · answer #4 · answered by Radhakrishna( prrkrishna) 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The British have named INDIA as Independent Nation Declared In August. Otherwise the actual name is BHARAT.
2015-03-26 20:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by Dhruvil 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because, althought Native Americans were here first, the United States of America, as a country the one you are in now, was founded by people whose language was English. They founded the nation, and they set the rules. And, if you haven't noticed yet, even Native Americans learned and speak English in addition to their native language. This not the Babel Tower this the USA, love it or leave it....
2016-04-01 05:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Derived from the original name Sindhu of the Indus River in modern-day Pakistan, which gave its name to the land of Sind. People later applied derivations of the Persian form of this name, Hind, to all of modern Pakistan and India.
Bharat (Sanskrit name): Popular accounts derive "Bharat" from the name of either of two ancient kings named Bharata.
Hindustan (Hindi Name): The name Hind is derived from a a Persian pronunciation of Sind. The Persian -stān means country or land (cognate to Sanskrit sthāna "place, land").India is called al-Hind الهند in the Arabic language, and sometimes in Persian. (e.g. in the 11th century Tarik Al-Hind "history of India") and Hind هند in Persian. It also occurs intermittently in usage within India, such as in the phrase Jai Hind. The terms Hind and Hindustan were current in Persian and Arabic from the 11th century Islamic conquests: the rulers in the Sultanate and Mughal periods called their Indian dominion, centred around Delhi, Hindustan.
The word Hindu (हिन्दु) was loaned from Persian into Sanskrit in early medieval times and is attested — in the sense of dwellers of the Indian subcontinent, in some texts, such as Bhavishya Purāna, Kālikā Purāna, Merutantra, Rāmakosha, Hemantakavikosha and Adbhutarūpakosha. Hindustan was in use synonymously with India during the British Raj. The term is from the Persian Hindustān هندوستان, as is the term Hindu itself. It entered the English language in the 17th century. In the 19th century, the term as used in English referred to the northern region of India between the Indus and Brahmaputra and between the Himalayas and the Vindhyas in particular, hence the term Hindustani for the Hindi-Urdu language.
2007-07-15 01:38:45 · answer #7 · answered by rohingrewal 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
India is called India because the European colonizers exploredthe Indus River and called it in latin "Land of Indus" Latin ,later got its roots into all the European languages and Everyone got INDIA as a root word.
2007-07-18 16:02:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bharat is more hindi sounding, well it rather sound english than hindi b4 all Indians start fighting
2007-07-15 19:47:27 · answer #9 · answered by Royal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
India's official language is not Hindi but English. So its natural to call the country by its English name. We have so many different languages in India so it will not be fair to use Hindi to refer to this nation.
2007-07-15 01:23:12 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
it was Called by the ancient Greeks Indus for the people living near the Indus River. hence the land was called India & was used the name in medieval europe's maps ever since.
2007-07-15 01:17:28 · answer #11 · answered by Urban Hermit 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋