Pakistan may lay claim on name "India" if India derecongnises it officially at UN level: Report
New Delhi: Local reports in Pakistan say the country may lay claim to the name 'India'. This comes after the opposition party claimed that the central government is planning to change the country’s name to Bharat, reports The Week.
On Tuesday a political row erupted over the name of the country after the government sent out a G20 Summit dinner invitation that refers to President Droupadi Murmu as the “President of Bharat”, and not the President of India.
A tweet from the X handle of South Asia Index stated if India derecognises its name at UN level officially, Pakistan may claim on the name ‘India’.
"Pakistan may lay claim on name "India" if India derecongnises it officially at UN level. - local media.Nationalists in Pakistan have long argued that Pakistan has rights on the name as it refers to Indus region in," the tweet said.
The tweet handle also claimed that the government in India is set to change the name of the country from India to Bharat in an attempt to "decolonise" India pointing out that the name Bharat has roots in Sanskrit language & is also the name of a famous medieval era King of this region.
The Indian government has not yet made any official statement on changing the name of the country.
“India refers to Indus region, basin of mighty Indus River, spanning much of modern day Pakistan,” the handle tweeted, adding that “Jinnah had objected to British India adopting "India" as its name for newly independent country & had suggested Hindustan or Bharat instead.”
A month after India's Independence in 1947, Former Governor-General of Pakistan, Muhammed Ali Jinnah refused to accept an invitation that used India instead of Hindustan to refer to the country. The invitation was from Louis Mountbatten, who invited him to be the honorary president of an art exhibition.
“It is a pity that for some mysterious reason Hindustan have adopted the word ‘India’ which is certainly misleading and is intended to create confusion,” Jinnah had then written to Mountbatten.
The tweet further claimed that Indian right wing has detested name ‘India’
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Attack on Indian-flagged merchant ship off Oman coast unacceptable: MEA
New Delhi (PTI): An Indian-flagged commercial vessel has come under attack off the coast of Oman but all its 14 crew members are safe, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.
It is not immediately known who carried out the strike on the vessel on Wednesday.
The MEA described the attack as "unacceptable".
"The attack on an Indian-flagged ship off the coast of Oman yesterday is unacceptable and we deplore the fact that commercial shipping and civilian mariners continue to be targeted," it said.
"All Indian crew on board are safe and we thank the Omani authorities for rescuing them," it said.
The MEA said India reiterates that targeting commercial shipping and endangering innocent civilian crew members, or otherwise impeding freedom of navigation and commerce, should be avoided.
The vessel was sailing from Somalia and the strike triggered a fire that led to sinking of the vessel, it is learnt.
The crew members were rescued by Oman's Coast Guard and taken to Diba port.
At least two other Indian-flagged ships have been attacked since the war between the US and Iran began on February 28.
The latest attack came amid the fragile security situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
