Pakistan might change its name to India, if India changes its name.It has been rumoured that India might change its name to Bharat, leaving the name up for grabs.A state-issued invitation to the G20 summit this weekend, hosted by India, referred to the country in a different way, inviting world lead...

Pakistan might change its name to India, if India changes its name.

It has been rumoured that India might change its name to Bharat, leaving the name up for grabs.

A state-issued invitation to the G20 summit this weekend, hosted by India, referred to the country in a different way, inviting world leaders to a state dinner hosted by the “president of Bharat”.

Meanwhile, prime minister, Narendra Modi, typically refers to India as Bharat, a word dating back to ancient Hindu scriptures written in Sanskrit, and one of two official names for the country under its constitution.

And the broadcaster News18 said unnamed government sources had told it that members of his Hindu nationalist ruling party, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), who have previously campaigned against using the name India, which was imposed during the British conquest, would put forward a special resolution to give precedence to the name Bharat in the next session of parliament - so watch this space.

Now, nationalists in Pakistan have reportedly claimed they’ve got dibs on the name because it’s tied to the Indus region, so they might lay a claim on the name, India if it is derecognised at the UN.

But given the Indian government has not made any official statement on changing the name of the country, they might have to stick with Pakistan for a while yet.

    • Bread@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      10 months ago

      Would you mind informing those of us who do not understand the dynamics of the relationship what happened to make things so bitter? Is it a one or two time event or a series of continuous bitter rivalry?

        • Bondrewd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          112·
          10 months ago

          Jesse what the fuck are you talking about? The Mughals were a Timurid descendant dynasty who founded the Mughal empire in the 1500s and it was basically gone by the middle of the 18th century.

          Early Muslim conquests in India were primarily done by individuals of arabic background.

            • Jolan@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              10 months ago

              I’m gonna be honest when you mentioned mughals ruling India for 1000 years i did get a bit confused so i get why their nitpicking. But other than that it’s good👍

            • Bondrewd@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              10 months ago

              Dont do it. You are seriously misrepresenting the situation. Invasions of that kind barely consisted of any significant population exchange. Muslim and non-muslim populace is just about 100% genetically identical.

              Its kind of like calling germans nazis. Sure, the nazi rule is still at large in the central of Europe. Hey, its just broad strokes, dude…

  • OfficerBribe@lemm.eeEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    In Latvia there was a kebab chain called “Pakistan kebab”. Around 1 year ago most if not all places closed / changed name to multiple other variations one of them being “Indian kebab”.

  • histy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    241·
    10 months ago

    I’ll be honest, is it funny on a certain level? absolutely! but at the same time, this level of stupidity and pettiness is sad…

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Yes Indus is mostly in Pakistan

    No there isn’t literally anyone who wants to change the name to India.

    It would be like USA changing its name to USSR because the soviet union collapsed.

    As funny as this is, I’m pretty sure it was an overhyped article because of the G20 invitation. I highly doubt Modi would willingly throw away all the clout from stuff like the Indian Ocean or Indian Plate just to appease some BJP people.