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by JumpCrisscross 685 days ago
> they call themselves as Bharat(a) actually

We call ourselves Indian and the country India in English. It would be a bit odd to hear someone refer Bharat in English.

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Please tell it to Modi, who proposed your country to be called Bharat in other languages.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/6/india-or-bharat-what...

What I think stayed his hand was Pakistani nationalists saying they would rename Pakistan to India, if India renamed itself to Bharat.

https://www.indy100.com/news/india-name-change-bharat-pakist...