{"id":2022232,"date":"2023-09-05T14:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-g20-invite-sparks-speculation-country-will-change-name-to-bharat\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:03:05","slug":"india-g20-invite-sparks-speculation-country-will-change-name-to-bharat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-g20-invite-sparks-speculation-country-will-change-name-to-bharat\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s G20 invite fuels rumors of name change to &#8216;Bharat&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findia-g20-invite-sparks-speculation-country-will-change-name-to-bharat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022232&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Bold Move: India Considers Changing Its\u200b Name<\/h2>\n<p>A state-issued \u2064invitation to this \u200dweekend&#8217;s G20 summit \u2064has sparked speculation that India \u200dis contemplating a significant transformation -\u200d changing its name from India to Bharat. Prime\u200c Minister \u2063Narendra\u2064 Modi&#8217;s government has been diligently working to eradicate\u2064 any\u2063 remnants of British rule since 2014, but renaming\u2063 the country would undoubtedly \u2064be their \u2062most audacious move yet.<\/p>\n<h3>A Symbolic Dinner Invitation<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/too-much-for-me-howard-stern-recalls-exhausting-first-time-leaving-his-bunker-in-2-years-for-fear-of-catching-covid\/\" title=\"\u2018Too Much For Me\u2019: Howard Stern Recalls \u2018Exhausting\u2019 First Time Leaving His \u2018Bunker\u2019 In 2 Years For Fear Of Catching COVID\">dinner invitation<\/a> sent to G20 summit\u2062 attendees has replaced the word &#8220;India&#8221; with &#8220;Bharat,&#8221;\u2062 a\u200c Sanskrit term. While India is the commonly used \u2064name both domestically\u2063 and internationally, Bharat holds historical significance, dating back to early Hindu texts. In Hindi, one of India&#8217;s\u200d many languages, Bharat also means India.<\/p>\n<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led \u200bby Modi, argues that the name \u2063India was \u2062imposed by British colonialists and represents oppression and\u200c slavery.\u2064 The\u2063 British ruled India from 1858 until its \u200bindependence\u200b in\u200b 1947. \u200dPushkar \u2062Dhami, a BJP leader, \u200dhailed the potential name change as &#8220;another\u2064 blow to the slavery mentality&#8221; in a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media<\/a> post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, opposition parties have\u200b criticized the idea, deeming it foolish. They\u2062 argue that\u2063 &#8220;India&#8221; has built an\u200b internationally recognized brand value\u2062 over centuries. Shashi Tharoor, an opposition\u2062 lawmaker, expressed his concerns on \u2063social media, \u200bstating, &#8220;While there is no constitutional \u2064objection to calling India &#8216;Bharat,&#8217;\u2064 I hope the government will\u2062 not be so foolish\u200d as to\u2062 completely dispense with &#8216;India,&#8217; which has incalculable\u2063 brand value built up over\u2062 centuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary Session and Historical Precedents<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062government has scheduled a special session of Parliament from September 18-22, where the \u200cname change issue is rumored to be discussed. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-g20-invite-sparks-speculation-country-will-change-name-to-bharat\/\" title=\"India's G20 invite fuels rumors of name change to 'Bharat'.\">move echoes\u2062 previous instances<\/a> where India has shed\u200c British names. In 2001, West Bengal changed its capital city&#8217;s name from Calcutta \u200dto Kolkata\u200b to reflect its original Bengali pronunciation. Similarly, Bombay became Mumbai in 1995 to embrace \u2063its\u200c Maratha heritage, and Madras transformed into Chennai a year later, shedding its\u200c colonial association.<\/p>\n<p>India&#8217;s potential name change to Bharat is \u2064a\u200c bold step \u200btowards severing colonial ties\u200c and reclaiming\u2062 its cultural identity.\u200c As the nation grapples\u200c with\u200d this significant decision, the world watches with anticipation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speculation arises as India, referred to as Bharat in a state-issued invitation to the G20 summit, contemplates shedding its colonial ties by changing its name. Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s government has persistently eradicated remnants of British rule since his inauguration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2022233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}