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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MP CM Yadav announces credit cards, financial aid for cow keepers
Bhopal, Nov 2: The Madhya Pradesh government will provide credit cards to those rearing cows and their progeny, similar to those available to farmers, to help manage the upkeep of cattle, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced on Saturday.
“Along with the people growing crops, credit cards will also be made available to those rearing cows and their progeny to enable them to manage expenses on their care,” Yadav said during the state-level ‘Govardhan Puja’ ceremony at Ravindra Bhawan here.
He said that people who care for more than 10 cows will be given special financial aid, adding that the state government will invest and make arrangements for rearing 5,000 to 10,000 cows under the limits of municipal Corporations.
He said that people found guilty of slaughtering cows in MP will get seven years of imprisonment.
Earlier, he took part in the Govardhan Puja at his official house.
Later in Gwalior, where he attended two such events, Yadav said the state would protect the cow and its offspring.
Ministers and MLAs across the state also participated in Govardhan Puja.
Before holding this function at the state level, the BJP government in MP had organised ‘Shastra Puja’ (worshipping of weapons) on Dussehra in a similar manner, with the CM, his ministers and MLAs across the state joining in.
