“India, that is, Bharat shall be a Union of States” as in Article 1 of the Constitution.The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and all the States on a PIL that the public should have an “unambigous understanding” that the country’s name is ‘Bharata’. The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the government on a petition seeking a declaration that the Republic be called ‘Bharata’ instead of ‘India.’
It sought a clarification regarding “India, that is, Bharat shall be a Union of States” as in Article 1 of the Indian Constitution. The petitioner represented by Rahul Pandey, Ajay G. Majithia said there the word ‘India’ is not a literal translation of the word ‘Bharata.’ Besides the country, both historically and in the Scriptures, is known as ‘Bharata.’
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