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- DictionaryHindustan/ˌhɪndʊˈstɑːn/
- 1. the Indian subcontinent in general, more specifically that part of India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers.
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The term Hindustani is an informal endonym for Indian people largely used in the Indo-Aryan languages ever since the Persianate rule over the Subcontinent but it has also been used to particularly call the people of the central Indo-Gangetic plain (Haryana, Delhi and west and central UP) because much of the Persianate culture and people were cen...
Hindustan, historically, the northern Indian subcontinent—in contrast to the Deccan, the southern portion of the Indian subcontinent. This area can be defined more particularly as the basin of the five Punjab rivers and the upper Indo-Gangetic Plain.
May 24, 2017 · Hindustan became a commonly used term to refer to the Mughal Empire, comprising primarily of north India, prior to British rule. However, with time and colonisation, the term widened its geographical scope to include the entire territory of British-ruled India.
The geographic region containing the Indian subcontinent. The Republic of India has two principal official short names, each of which is historically significant: India and Bharat. A third name, Hindustan, is also used commonly when Indians speak among themselves.
Jun 6, 2020 · The name ‘Hindustan’ was the first instance of a nomenclature having political undertones. It was first used when the Persians occupied the Indus valley in the seventh century BCE. Hindu was the Persianised version of the Sanskrit Sindhu, or the Indus river, and was used to identify the lower Indus basin.
Jun 24, 2024 · A1: Hindustan is a Persian term used historically to refer to the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, while India is the official name used during British colonial rule and continues to be the recognized name for the country.
The Hindustan evoked in the titles of kings or in histories and treatises was a geographic, social, and cultural construct. That Hindustan created a public, an affect, a desire, a set of characteristics—in territory and in the individual self.
Sep 5, 2023 · Hindustan and Bharat, Sanatan Dharma and Hindu Dharma: How Savarkar defined them. Savarkar says that Hindi and Hindustan best describe the people who lived between Sindhu and Sindhu (river Indus and the sea), and Bharatavarsha is “a latter designation”.
Sep 5, 2023 · India has various names including Bharat, Bharatvarsh, Sindhu ghat, Indus valley and Hindustan. Let's have a look at the evolution of the country's name.
Jun 23, 2024 · What is the meaning of Hindustan? Hindustan is derived from the Persian word Hindū, which is cognate with the Sanskrit Sindhu. The Proto-Iranian sound change *s > h occurred between 850 and 600 BCE, according to Asko Parpola. This change transformed the Rigvedic term ‘sapta sindhava’ (the land of seven rivers) into ‘hapta hindu’ in the Avesta.
