India's government replaces 'India' with ancient name 'Bharat' in dinner invitation to G20 guests

3 years ago by schizoidman to c/worldnews

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names.

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beigeoat 12 points 3 years ago

I'll just drop this here. The whole thing is pretty dumb. They probably did this cause the opposition parties fromed an alliance called the INDIA Alliance.

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