Qrius Quotient: Will India be renamed ‘Bharat’? Naming Controversy Explained
News by the numbers: The renaming controversy erupted two days after the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP’s ideological mentor, suggested that the country discard India and switch to Bharat. “We must stop using the word India and start using Bharat.The name of the country Bharat will remain Bharat wherever you go in the world. In spoken and written one must say Bharat,” said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.