Hindustan or Bharat. Which is the real name and which should be adopted? The republic of India has two principal short in both official and popular English usage, each of which is historically significant, India and Bharat. These two names are equally official short names recognized by the Constitution of India. A third name Hindustan is used as an alternative name for the region comprising of most of the common nations of the subcontinent when Indians speak among themselves. The name India was derived from the name Indus, which originates from the old Persian word Hindu, which was historical local appellation for the Indus river. Now who gave the word called Indus and India? The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi which translates “the people of Indus”, Indus being the river here. Nowhere there was a mention of the word “HINDU” in terms of religion. There is no mention of Hinduism in any Veda or an epic like Mahabharata and Ramayana. Hinduism is ...