Pakistan might change its name to India, if India changes its name.
It has been rumoured that India might change its name to Bharat, leaving the name up for grabs.
A state-issued invitation to the G20 summit this weekend, hosted by India, referred to the country in a different way, inviting world leaders to a state dinner hosted by the “president of Bharat”.
Meanwhile, prime minister, Narendra Modi, typically refers to India as Bharat, a word dating back to ancient Hindu scriptures written in Sanskrit, and one of two official names for the country under its constitution.
And the broadcaster News18 said unnamed government sources had told it that members of his Hindu nationalist ruling party, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), who have previously campaigned against using the name India, which was imposed during the British conquest, would put forward a special resolution to give precedence to the name Bharat in the next session of parliament - so watch this space.
Now, nationalists in Pakistan have reportedly claimed they’ve got dibs on the name because it’s tied to the Indus region, so they might lay a claim on the name, India if it is derecognised at the UN.
But given the Indian government has not made any official statement on changing the name of the country, they might have to stick with Pakistan for a while yet.
Can I claim pakistan after?
Sorry, Bangladesh has first dibs
Can I claim Bangladesh then?
Or is that reserved for ISIS? BanglaDae’sh
I don’t need to be Bangladeshi to tell you they’re probably going to pass on that one.
Might as well for reparations.
Dibs on Bangladesh
Don’t you mean East Pakistan? :)
Who wants to live in a “breadmasher” country?
Hahahaha gotta give it to Pakistan, there’s trolling and then there’s trolling on a global scale. Pakistan aiming and achieving the latter.
Before anybody piles on — I don’t give a fuck about your opinion. I get this because I’m from the region and understand the dynamics between both countries pretty deeply.
Don’t know what they would pileon but I am interested to find out
India no longer planning to change its name out of spite. Still England fault.
You think if India doesn’t change their name Pakistan will go “alright well go with Bahrat then!”
If Pakistan becomes Bahrat India could rename itself to Pakistan. Full circle of confusion 🤯.
that would be the ultimate troll move
rename Pakistan to Bharat so India can’t claim the Name anymore
Then India can get like Bharat777
I really thought I was in the onion sub.
In Latvia there was a kebab chain called “Pakistan kebab”. Around 1 year ago most if not all places closed / changed name to multiple other variations one of them being “Indian kebab”.
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This is some geopolitical level trolling.
Was Istanbul now Constantinople…
Yes Indus is mostly in Pakistan
No there isn’t literally anyone who wants to change the name to India.
It would be like USA changing its name to USSR because the soviet union collapsed.
As funny as this is, I’m pretty sure it was an overhyped article because of the G20 invitation. I highly doubt Modi would willingly throw away all the clout from stuff like the Indian Ocean or Indian Plate just to appease some BJP people.
It would be more like Mexico claiming the name United States of America as Mexico’s official name is United States of Mexico, yet Mexico is only a small part of the country.
That’s the funniest thing ever.
