Ok, i was talking to him at school and he said that i was like an Indian (like india) woman. I don't really remember where that came from but, I want to know what exactly does that mean. I mean I...
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British named Bharat as India as they used to do busines via east India company from Kolkata and during those days some 500 years ago British used to farming Indigo ,a colour plants with the help of local people by torturing them ,So from Indigo actually INDIA was named .
Vande Mataram
Many people wrongly assume that the name "India" was given by the invading muslim imperialists (mughals) but the name "India" was actually in vogue at the time of Ashoka the Great (who was alive centuries before Islam even started). Before Islam was even invented by the arab warlords, the Romans (whom we had great commercial links with) also referred to us as India and Hindustan. However India is only one of many names - "Bharat", "Hindusthan" and "Arya Vartha" are also names of India.
Uthay
From Indus River!
krishnamoorthynagarajan
In olden days civilisations prospered along the rivers. Sind is one of the greatest river and it had a very good civilisation. People of this locations were called Sinds, which got corrupted to Indis and from there the name of the country to India.
sourabh S
from indus river
vakayil k
The name India derived from Indus River (Sindhu)
suraj b
from indigo as we were producing and the britishers gave this name
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