Bharat
//ˈbʱɑrət̪//
"Bharat" in a Sentence (3 examples)
India is called "Bharat" in Hindi.
Indians know their country by many names: "Bharat" from Sanskrit, "Hindustan" from Persian and "India" from English.
In Why Bharat Matters (“Bharat” is the Modi-favoured Hindi word for India, and he uses it throughout), Jaishankar makes a compelling case that the world needs an economically growing, diplomatically nimble and digitally connected India, not least at a time of US decline.
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