"Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha is an organisation whose main goal is to improve Hindi literacy among the non-Hindi speaking people of South India. The headquarters are located at Thanikachalam Road, T. Nagar, Chennai. The organisation was established by Annie Besant with support from Mahatma Gandhi, who became the founder president of the Sabha, who held the post till his death. In 1964, the institution was recognised by the Indian Government as one of the Institutes of National Importance. The Hindi movement in South India was started in the year 1918 by Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi"
"Names for India ""Bhārät"", the name for India in several Indian languages, is variously said to be derived from the name of Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata. At first the name Bharata referred only to the western part of the Gangetic Valley in North India, but was later more broadly applied to the Indian subcontinent and the region of Greater India, as was the name ""India"". Today it refers to the contemporary Republic of India located therein. The name ""India"" is originally derived from the name of the river Sindhu (Indus River) and has been in use in"
"are: Names for India ""Bhārät"", the name for India in several Indian languages, is variously said to be derived from the name of Dushyanta's son Bharata or Rishabha's son Bharata. At first the name Bharata referred only to the western part of the Gangetic Valley in North India, but was later more broadly applied to the Indian subcontinent and the region of Greater India, as was the name ""India"". Today it refers to the contemporary Republic of India located therein. The name ""India"" is originally derived from the name of the river Sindhu (Indus River) and has been in use"
"India (given name) India is a feminine given name derived from the name of the country India, which takes its name from the Indus River. The name was used for India Wilkes, a character in the novel and movie ""Gone with the Wind"". Its use for girls in England began during the British rule in India during the 19th century. It has been used for daughters of aristocratic families in England that had ties to Colonial India, such as India Hicks. Just like names derived from seasons like Summer, Dawn, Solstice, Autumn are feminine, India is internationally recognized as a"
"in India between 1500 BCE and 500 BC. As a consequence, Hinduism, considered to be the successor of Vedic religion, has had a profound impact on India's history, culture and philosophy. The name ""India"" itself is derived from Greek Ἰνδία for ""Indus"", which is derived from the Old Persian word ""Hindu"", from Sanskrit ""Sindhu"", the historic local appellation for the Indus River. Another popular alternative name of India is ""Hindustān"", meaning the ""land of ""Hindus"""". India saw the rule of both Hindu and Muslim rulers from c. 1200 to 1750 CE. The fall of Vijayanagar Empire to Muslim rulers had"
"variety of protected habitats. The name ""India"" is derived from ""Indus"", which originates from the Old Persian word ""Hindu"", equivalent to the Sanskrit word ""Sindhu"", which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as ""Indoi"" (""""), which translates as ""The people of the Indus"". The geographical term ""Bharat"" (; ), which is recognised by the Constitution of India as an official name for the country, is used by many Indian languages in its variations. It is a modernisation of the historical name ""Bharatavarsha"", which traditionally referred to the Indian subcontinent and"
"India before Bhārata became the official name. The derivative ""Jambu Dwipa"" was the historical term for India in many Southeast Asian countries before the colonial introduction of the English word ""India"". This alternate name is still used occasionally in Thailand, Malaysia, Java and Bali to describe the Indian Subcontinent. However, it also can refer to the continent of Asia. According to Texts, before India was called Bhāratavarṣa, it was known as Nābhivarṣa (Sanskrit: नाभिवर्ष, lit. ""land of Nabhi""). King Nabhi was a Chakravartin (Universal Sovereign of India) and father of Arihant Rishabha (Jainism). Tianzhu or Tenjiku () (originally pronounced xien-t'juk)"
"Hindustan Hindustan () is the Persian name for India, broadly the Indian subcontinent, which later became an endonym. After the Partition of India, it continues to be used as a historic name for the Republic of India. A secondary meaning of Hindustan is as a geographic term for the Indo-Gangetic Plain in northern India. Hindustan is derived from the Persian word ""Hindū"" cognate with the Sanskrit ""Sindhu"". The Proto-Iranian sound change ""*s"" > ""h"" occurred between 850–600 BCE, according to Asko Parpola. Hence, the Rigvedic ""sapta sindhava"" (the land of seven rivers) became ""hapta hindu"" in the Avesta. It was"
"Indian subcontinent and the Republic of India. The designation ""Bhārata"" appears in the official Sanskrit name of the country, ""Bhārata Gaṇarājya"". The name is derived from the ancient Vedic and Puranas, which refer to the land that comprises India as ""Bhārata varṣam"" and uses this term to distinguish it from other ""varṣa""s or continents. The Bhāratas were a vedic tribe mentioned in the Rigveda, notably participating in the Battle of the Ten Kings. India is named after legendary Emperor Bharata who was a descendant of the Bhāratas tribe, scion of Kuru Dynasty who unified the Indian Subcontinent under one realm."
"However, this naming did not meet the approval of Indian leaders due to the implied meaning of 'Hindustan' as the land of Hindus. They insisted that the new Dominion of India should be called 'India', not 'Hindustan'. Probably for the same reason, the name 'Hindustan' did not receive official sanction of the Constituent Assembly of India, whereas 'Bharat' was adopted as an official name. It was recognised however that 'Hindustan' would continue to be used unofficially. Hindustan Hindustan () is the Persian name for India, broadly the Indian subcontinent, which later became an endonym. After the Partition of India, it"
"mean the Republic of India. The same is the case with Arabic, where is the name for the Republic of India. ""Hindustan"", as the term Hindu itself, entered the English language in the 17th century. In the 19th century, the term as used in English referred to the Subcontinent. ""Hindustan"" was in use simultaneously with ""India"" during the British Raj. Today, ""Hindustan"" is no longer in use as the official name for India. (Sanskrit: , 'abode of Aryans') is a name for North India, where the culture of the Indo-Aryans was based, in classical Sanskrit literature. Manu Smriti (2.22) gives"
"the modern nations of the subcontinent when Indians speak among themselves. The usage of ""Bharat"", ""Hindustan"", or ""India"" depends on the context and language of conversation. Although ""the Aryavarta"" was eventually accepted as a term for all of India, previously it was only a name of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. According to Manusmṛti North India (i.e., India north of the Vindhyas) is also known as (Sanskrit: , abode of the Vedic people). The English term is from Greek Indika (cf. Megasthenes' work Indica) or (), via Latin transliteration . The name derives ultimately from Sanskrit (), which was the name of"
"was also referred to as ""Wutianzhu"" (, literally ""Five Indias""), because there were five geographical regions in India known to the Chinese: Central, Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern India. The monk Xuanzang also referred to India as ""Wu Yin"" or ""Five Inds"". The term is also used in Japan, where it is pronounced as Tenjiku (天竺). The foreign loanwords Indo (インド) and India (インディア) are also used in some cases. The current Japanese name for modern India is the foreign loanword Indo (インド). The current Chinese word for India is ""Yindu"" (印度). Similar to Hindu and Sindhu, the term ""yin"""
"Greek since Herodotus (4th century BCE). The term appeared in Old English as early the 9th century and reemerged in Modern English in the 17th century. The Republic of India has two principal short names in both official and popular English usage, each of which is historically significant, ""India"" and ""Bharat"". The first article of the Constitution of India states that ""India, that is Bharat, shall be a union of states,"" implicitly codifying ""India"" and ""Bharat"" as equally official short names for the Republic of India. A third name, ""Hindustan"", is an alternative name for the region comprising most of"
"River Indus. This Arabic term was itself taken from the pre-Islamic Persian term ""Hindū"", which refers to all Indians. By the 13th century, ""Hindustan"" emerged as a popular alternative name of India, meaning the ""land of Hindus"". The term ""Hindu"" was later used occasionally in some Sanskrit texts such as the later ""Rajataranginis"" of Kashmir (Hinduka, c. 1450) and some 16th- to 18th-century Bengali Gaudiya Vaishnava texts including ""Chaitanya Charitamrita"" and ""Chaitanya Bhagavata"". These texts used it to distinguish Hindus from Muslims who are called Yavanas (foreigners) or Mlecchas (barbarians), with the 16th-century ""Chaitanya Charitamrita"" text and the 17th-century ""Bhakta"
"Hindi Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी, ""Hindī""), or Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: मानक हिन्दी, ""Mānak Hindī"") is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language. Hindi written in the Devanagari script is one of the official languages of India, along with the English language. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. However, it is not the national language of India because no language was given such a status in the Indian constitution. Hindi is the ""lingua franca"" of the ""Hindi belt"", and to a lesser extent other parts of India (usually in a simplified or"
"gained increasing currency from the mid-19th century as a native name for India. ""Hindustan"" () is a Persian name for India dating back to the 3rd century BCE. It was introduced into India by the Mughals and widely used since then. Its meaning varied, referring to a region that encompassed northern India and Pakistan or India in its entirety. Currently, the name may refer to either the northern part of India or the entire country. The Madrasian culture in Tamil Nadu is the earliest known Paleolithic site in India, dated to about 15 lakh (1.5 million) years ago. The earliest"
"was used in classical Chinese much like the English ""Ind"". Hodu ( ""Hoddû"") is the Biblical Hebrew name for India mentioned in the Book of Esther part of the Jewish Tanakh (Bible) and Christian Old Testament. In Esther 1:1, Ahasuerus (Xerxes) had been described as King ruling 127 provinces from ""Hodu"" (India) to ""Ethiopia"". Some historical definitions prior to 1500 are presented below. Writers throughout history, both Indian and of other nationalities have written about a 'Greater India', which Indians have called either Akhand Bharat or Mahabharata. The official names as set down in article 1 of the Indian constitution"
"Jai Hind Jai Hind () () is a salutation, slogan, and battle cry most commonly used in India to indicate patriotism towards India (also known as Hind). It translates roughly to ""Victory to India"" or ""Long live India"". The term was coined and was used by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose of the Indian National Army as a shortened version of ""Jai Hindustan Ki"". A follower of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose, Ramchandra Moreshwar Karkare, of Gwalher (Gwalior) Madhya Bharat, wrote a patriotic drama ""Jai Hind"" in March 1947 and published a book in Hindi, with the same title. Later, Karkare"
"was notably adapted in the Arabic language as the definitive form () for India, e.g. in the 11th century ""Tarikh Al-Hind"" ('History of India'). It occurs intermittently in usage within India, such as in the phrase () or in (), the Standard Hindi name for the Indian Ocean, but otherwise is deemed archaic. Both the names were current in Persian and Arabic from the 11th century Islamic conquests: the rulers in the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal periods called their Indian dominion, centered around Delhi, ""Hindustan"" (; ). In contemporary Persian and Urdu language, the term Hindustan has recently come to"
"the five Indian kingdom"", a travelogue by the 8th century Buddhist monk Hyecho from the Korean Kingdom of Silla. Tianzhu (India) Tianzhu is the historical East Asian name for India. Originally pronounced as Hin-duk 天竺 in Old Chinese, it comes from the Chinese transliteration of the Persian ""Hindu"", which is itself derived from the Sanskrit ""Sindhu"", the native name of the Indus River. Persians travelling in northwest India named the region after the river around the 6th century BC. ""Tianzhu"" is just one of several Chinese transliterations of Sindhu. ""Yuāndú"" ( ""n̥i[ŋ][d]ˤuk"") appears in Sima Qian's ""Shiji"" and ""Tiandu"" ()"
"Tianzhu (India) Tianzhu is the historical East Asian name for India. Originally pronounced as Hin-duk 天竺 in Old Chinese, it comes from the Chinese transliteration of the Persian ""Hindu"", which is itself derived from the Sanskrit ""Sindhu"", the native name of the Indus River. Persians travelling in northwest India named the region after the river around the 6th century BC. ""Tianzhu"" is just one of several Chinese transliterations of Sindhu. ""Yuāndú"" ( ""n̥i[ŋ][d]ˤuk"") appears in Sima Qian's ""Shiji"" and ""Tiandu"" () is used in the ""Hou Hanshu"" (Book of the Later Han). ""Yintejia"" () comes from the Kuchean ""Indaka"", another"
"Place names in India Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. However, a good number of place names are from European languages such as Portuguese, Dutch, English as well as Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several cities of India have reverted to pre-English names, most notably Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Most place names are named after prominent geographical features, such as rivers and lakes. Others are named after personalities like kings or mythological characters. Although Hindu mythology has been the main influence on Indian place names, a handful exists with Islamic or Christian heritage. Some anglicized"
"as a girls name since at least 1880, the earliest year records are available. The name has ranked in the top 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States since 1970. It was the 690th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007, down from 567th place in 2006. Prior to 1970, it had last ranked among the top 1,000 names given to girls in that country between 1900 and 1910. India (given name) India is a feminine given name derived from the name of the country India, which takes its name from the"
"and the remaining nations of the world together had about 6 million Hindus in 2010. The word ""Hindu"" is derived from the Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit word ""Sindhu"", which means ""a large body of water"", covering ""river, ocean"". It was used as the name of the Indus river and also referred to its tributaries. The actual term "" first occurs, states Gavin Flood, as ""a Persian geographical term for the people who lived beyond the river Indus (Sanskrit: ""Sindhu"")"", more specifically in the 6th-century BCE inscription of Darius I. The Punjab region, called Sapta Sindhu in the Vedas, is called ""Hapta"
"still used today are Bowl of Hygieia, symbolizing pharmacy, and the Caduceus and Rod of Asclepius, which are symbols denoting medicine in general. One of the etymologies proposed for the common female first name ""Linda"" is that it might derive from Old German ""Lindi"" or ""Linda"", meaning a serpent. India is often called the land of snakes and is steeped in tradition regarding snakes. Snakes are worshipped as gods even today with many women pouring milk on snake pits (despite snakes' aversion for milk). The cobra is seen on the neck of Shiva and Vishnu is depicted often as sleeping"
"rice fields. Uma in Japanese means horse. Uma in Swahili means bite. Uma (given name) Uma is a given name in various cultures. In India, it is the name of the Hindu goddess, who is more commonly known as Parvati. In Sanskrit the word """" can further mean ""tranquillity"", ""splendour"", ""fame"" and ""night"". In Hebrew and Aramaic its meaning is ""nation"". It is also used by the Tiv people of Cameroon and Nigeria where the meaning in the Tiv language is ""life"". The name Uma is also popular in the Otukpo subgroup of the Idoma people of Nigeria and the"
"is the historical East Asian name for India that comes from the Chinese transliteration of the Persian ""Hindu"", which itself is derived from the Sanskrit ""Sindhu"", the native name of the Indus River. ""Tianzhu"" is one of several Chinese transliterations of Sindhu. ""Juandu"" () appears in Sima Qian's Shiji and ""Tiandu"" () is used in the Hou Hanshu (Book of the Later Han). ""Yintejia"" () comes from the Kuchean ""Indaka"", another transliteration of ""Hindu"". A detailed account of Tianzhu is given in the ""Xiyu Zhuan"" (Record of the Western Regions) in the ""Hou Hanshu"" compiled by Fan Ye (398–445): Tianzhu"
"Sanskrit names are also found because of the historical relationship of Sanskrit with Hinduism. Common suffix include mura. Some cities have different names in different languages Place names in India Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. However, a good number of place names are from European languages such as Portuguese, Dutch, English as well as Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several cities of India have reverted to pre-English names, most notably Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Most place names are named after prominent geographical features, such as rivers and lakes. Others are named after personalities like"
"Spanish and English. Alongside Urdu as Hindustani, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. The term ""Hindī"" originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the region east of the Indus. It was borrowed from Classical Persian ""Hindī"" (Iranian Persian ""Hendi""), meaning ""Indian"", from the proper noun ""Hind"" ""India"". The name ""Hindavī"" was used by Amir Khusrow in his poetry. Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Sauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit ""apabhraṃśa"" ""corrupted""), which emerged in the 7th century A.D. Modern"
"In early Vedic literature, the term ""Āryāvarta"" (Sanskrit: आर्यावर्त) was in popular use before ""Bhārata"". The Manusmṛti (2.22) gives the name ""Āryāvarta"" to ""the tract between the Himalaya and the Vindhya ranges, from the Eastern (Bay of Bengal) to the Western Sea (Arabian Sea)"". While the word Indian and India is derived from Greek (""Indía""), via Latin ""India"". ""Indía"" in Koine Greek denoted the region beyond the Indus () river, since Herodotus (5th century BC) , ""hē Indikē chōrē""; ""the Indian land"", , ""Indos"", ""an Indian"", from Old Persian ""Hinduš"" and medieval term Hindustani. The name is derived ultimately from"
"India India (IAST: ), also known as the Republic of India (IAST: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1,200 crore (1.2 billion) people), and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of"
"by some people of the Indian subcontinent and the Republic of India. The designation ""Bhārata"" appears in the official Sanskrit name of the country, ""Bhārata Gaṇarājya"". The name is derived from the ancient Hindu Puranas, which refer to the land that comprises India as ""Bhāratavarṣa"" (Sanskrit: भारतवर्ष, lit. ""country of Bharata"") and uses this term to distinguish it from other ""varṣa""s or continents. For example, the Vayu Purana says """"he who conquers the whole of Bhāratavarṣa is celebrated as a samrāt"" (Vayu Purana 45, 86)."" The Sanskrit word ""bhārata"" is a vṛddhi derivation of ""Bharata"", which was originally an epithet"