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Britain renamed Bharat to India when it was colonized, and the name is a symbol of colonial slavery.

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[-] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 14 points 1 year ago

Bharat means India? In my country, barat means west, and guess what, India is to the west from this country. Learned something new today.

[-] baked_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Love seeing word lore

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