Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names.
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    NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has replaced the name India with a Sanskrit word in dinner invitations sent to guests attending this week’s Group of 20 summit, in a move that reflects his Hindu nationalist party’s efforts to eliminate what it sees as colonial-era names.

    Bharat is an ancient Sanskrit word which many historians believe dates back to early Hindu texts.

    “Another blow to slavery mentality,” the top elected official of Uttarakhand state, Pushkar Singh Dhami, said on X, formerly known as Twitter.

    Dhami, who is a leader of Modi’s governing party, shared the dinner invitation sent to G20 guests in his post.

    Modi’s party has long tried to erase names related to India’s Mughal and colonial past.

    Last year, the government also renamed a colonial-era avenue in the heart of New Delhi that is used for ceremonial military parades.

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