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Outlook|November 21, 2023
WHAT would you like your country to be named: India or Bharat? The debate was triggered by the invites for the G20 dinner, hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, in the name of "President of Bharat". Already, the NCERT has suggested changing the name "India" to "Bharat" in school textbooks. But what will such a change entail? Will it be accepted by all citizens? What will be the financial cost of such a change?
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Many experts believe that the Union government got worked up by the emergence of the new opposition coalition with the acronym "INDIA" (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance)-more so, as state elections were round the corner as well as the Lok Sabha elections in 2024-and tried to counter this alliance by suggesting "Bharat" as the country's official name.

This story is from the November 21, 2023 edition of Outlook.

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