India's Prime Minister has sparked questions about whether the nation could be headed for an official name change after 'India' was replaced with a Sanskrit word on G20 Summit invitations.
will join other world leaders such as US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron at the summit.is more commonly used domestically and internationally.READ MORE:The country is also known as Hindustan in different forms of popular culture and in literature.
Officials in Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party have supported the name change, arguing the word India was introduced by theHowever, some have accused the government of pursuing a nationalist agenda aimed at forming an ethnic Hindu state out of a constitutionally secular India.Local media outlets have cited sources that say the government might discuss a name change at a special parliament session later this month.
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