India Vs Bharat Row: Kangana Ranaut Says She Predicted This, Amitabh Bachchan Shares Cryptic Tweet

Is the name change necessary?

By Kinjal Panchal Updated September 06, 2023 1:08 PM

Up until now, we have heard news that the names of railway stations and cities have been changed. Like Allahabad has been charged to Prayagraj and Elphinstone Road station has been changed to Prabhadevi station, there are reports that state that our country’s name will also be changed from India to Bharat. This has led to backlash from people who think this is quite an unnecessary move. Even Indian celebrities have reacted to India’s name being changed to Bharat. Kangana Ranaut, Jackie Shroff and Amitabh Bachchan have shared their thoughts on this.

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut took to her social media to talk about the India vs Bharat row. She is entirely in favour of this name change and also talked about how she had predicted this a couple of years ago. She believes India is a ‘slave name’ and that our country’s name should be changed back to Bharat.

Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff also shared his views on the country’s name change discussion. He said that even if the name was changed, we as citizens would not change. Shroff elaborated by saying that if people call him ‘Jocky’ or ‘Jacky’, it does not mean he is going to change. He said that he will remain the same.

#WATCH | On G20 Summit dinner invitations at Rashtrapati Bhawan sent in the name of ‘President of Bharat', Actor Jackie Shroff says, "If Bharat is being called Bharat, it is not a bad thing…we won't change even if the name is changed" (05/09) pic.twitter.com/PTzHE1I3Sa

— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2023

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Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan also took to Twitter to share a cryptic tweet in support of the name change to Bharat. He wrote, “Bharat Mata Ji Jai” along with India’s flag.

T 4759 – 🇮🇳 भारत माता की जय 🚩

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 5, 2023

Will India’s name be changed to Bharat?

This whole issue debate of India being renamed as Bharat came to light when the official invitations sent by the Indian President, Droupadi Murmu for the G20 Summit’s official banquet had India replaced with Bharat.

LIE: ‘India’ is a name given by the British.

FACT: The name ‘India’ is 2400 years old, originally derived from the river Sindhu (Indus) and has been in use since the 5th century BC, being first referenced in Herodotus’s Histories.

India has nothing to do with the British. pic.twitter.com/YW5WjG2Qog

— Advaid അദ്വൈത് (@Advaidism) September 5, 2023

The opposition alliance name of INDIA seems to really have got under the skin of BJP.

— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) September 5, 2023

big day for bits pilani students as all iits will now be called bits after india's name change to bharat

— vishal dayama (@VishalDayama) September 5, 2023

Twitter is filled with relations of people thinking that the name change is not necessary while some believe that there is nothing wrong with it.