"Bharat" gained prominence as the Cabinet received a proposal from the railway ministry that replaced India in official documents. This shift sparks a broader debate over the country s Bharat-India nomenclature. While the ruling party sees using Bharat as a step away from colonial history, the opposition remains divided on the issue s significance.
History, simply, cannot be changed, Mamata added, going on to compare the Modi government with the reign of Muhammad bin Tughluq, a 14th century Sultan of Delhi, mostly remembered for eccentric policy swings
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday termed as "wrong" the recommendation of an NCERT-constituted panel recommending replacing "India" with "Bharat" in the school textbooks, and alleged an NDA hand was behind the move. NCERT Panel’s Recommendation on Replacing ‘India’ With ‘Bharat’ in School Textbooks Is Wrong, Says Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar.
NCERT has revealed that there are no concrete decisions about changing the name of ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ in the school textbooks of all classes across the country.
The mayor-in-council of Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Friday cleared a proposal in a meeting to replace 'India' with 'Bharat' at its functions and in its correspondence, officials said.