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  2. Names for India - Wikipedia

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    Names for India. 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. The usage of "Bhārat", "Hindustān", or "India" depends on the context and language of conversation.

  3. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited - Wikipedia

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    29826 (Dec 2022) [3] Website. www.bhel.com. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking and the largest government-owned electrical industrial technology. It is owned by the Government of India, with administrative control by the Ministry of Heavy Industries. Established in 1956 with the help of Soviet ...

  4. List of languages by number of native speakers in India

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    States and union territories of India by the spoken first language [1] [note 1]. The Republic of India is home to several hundred languages.Most Indians speak a language belonging to the families of the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European (c. 77%), the Dravidian (c. 20.61%), the Austroasiatic (precisely Munda and Khasic) (c. 1.2%), or the Sino-Tibetan (precisely Tibeto-Burman) (c. 0.8%), with ...

  5. India or Bharat? The row over country’s name explained

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    The word also means “Indiain Hindi. The nameIndia” traces its origins to the river Indus (now Sindhu), and closely-related words have been used to refer to the subcontinent as a whole ...

  6. Explainer-Is India changing its name to Bharat? G20 invite ...

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    In Hindi, the constitution replaces India with Bharat everywhere, except the part defining the country’s names, which says in Hindi, “Bharat, that is India, shall be a Union of States.”

  7. Indian name - Wikipedia

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    Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. In Indian culture, names hold profound significance and play a crucial role in an individual's life. The importance of names is deeply rooted in the country's diverse and ancient cultural heritage. Names are also influenced by religion and ...

  8. Aadhaar - Wikipedia

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    Aadhaar (Hindi: आधार, lit.'base, foundation') [ 7 ] is a twelve-digit unique identity number that can be obtained voluntarily by all residents of India, based on their biometrics and demographic data. [ 8 ] The data is collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority established in January 2016 by ...

  9. Hindi Day - Wikipedia

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    Hindi Day (Hindi: हिन्दी दिवस, romanized: hindī divas) is celebrated in India to commemorate the date 14 September 1949 on which a compromise was reached—during the drafting of the Constitution of India—on the languages that were to have official status in the Republic of India.