India’s Modi gov’t replaces country’s name with Bharat in G20 dinner invite The nation of more than 1.4 billion people is officially known by two names, India and Bharat, but the former is most commonly used, both domestically and internationally. Hindustan is another word for the nation and is often used in literature and other forms of popular culture.
Bharat is an ancient Sanskrit word that many historians believe dates back to early Hindu texts. The word is also used as a Hindi option for India.
I don’t know a ton about this, but it does seem like another “fuck you, Muslims” thing from the right wing.