Changing Colonial era Names (Philippines, Indonesia)

[INDIC]

Kolkata / Calcutta ought to revert to the name Shaheed Nawab Sirajuddaula had given to the place when he had expelled the English initially. He had named it Alinagar after Nawab Alivardi Khan. So Calcutta should have been renamed ALINAGAR, not Kolkata.

Calcutta originated from the village of Kalikata.
Kalikata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bangladesh should better revert back to original name of East Bengal (the breakaway province of India).

 

[neehar]

Look what @KingMamba93 wrote & then read your reply. After reading your reply people will assume that indians(Bhartees) love to be slave of Greeks then of Britishers.

The correct name for india is Bharat not india or hindustan.

constitution of india names the country as "india i.e bharat" when ever the official document is released in vernacular language bharat is used and in english india is used.and it has nothing to do with slavery the term is used from the time of mouryas indians have local names for greeks and they have same for indians too alexander is called alika sundara by then indians ,chandragupta maurya is called sandochrotus,bindu sara as amitrochates(amitra ghata is his title)..so this is a name thousands of years of old.a name which world knows about many western travellers set sail to find an all sea route to "india".nothing to do with slavery.dnt be so narrow minded

 

[asad71]

Calcutta originated from the village of Kalikata.
Kalikata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bangladesh should better revert back to original name of East Bengal (the breakaway province of India).

1. Who doesn't know Hindus are allergic to Muslim names?

2. BD is a sovereign nation. P/bangla is IOB (Indian Occupied Bengal). Eventually we will recover our original sovereign entity which extends up to the Rajmahal Hills in the west.

 

[INDIC]

Instead of abolishing, why don't you use the word of "recognizing Indonesian central government rule over the area"?

Were they under the suzerainty of Dutch colonial rule.

 

[INDIC]

1. Who doesn't know Hindus are allergic to Muslim names?

There are hundreds of cities in India retaining Muslim era names.

2. BD is a sovereign nation. P/bangla is IOB (Indian Occupied Bengal). Eventually we will recover our original sovereign entity which extends up to the Rajmahal Hills in the west.

Bengalis are historically Indian people, their language is called Indo-Aryan and their writing system is Indic. Your current artificial identity was invented 42 years ago before that you had Pakistani identity for 24 years before that Hindustani Bengalis. There are more chances that rising sea level of Bay of Bengal will liberate Bangladesh from Bangladeshis.

 

[nufix]

Were they under the suzerainty of Dutch colonial rule.

Some were, mostly weren't. During Indonesian national revolution, most Kings in Indonesia swore allegiance to Soekarno, some of them did it extremely like the Sultan of Siak, Sultan Syarif Kasim II, who relinquished his own throne, army, land, and all of his kingdom's wealth to Indonesia.

 

[INDIC]

Some were, mostly weren't. During Indonesian national revolution, most Kings in Indonesia swore allegiance to Soekarno, some of them did it extremely like the Sultan of Siak, Sultan Syarif Kasim II, who relinquished his own throne, army, land, and all of his kingdom's wealth to Indonesia.

British India has 565 princely states mostly the successor states of Mughal and Maratha Empires. they were not conquered by British after accepting British suzerainty. In 1947, they were given option to either join India or Pakistan or stay independent.

 

[nufix]

British India has 565 princely states mostly the successor states of Mughal and Maratha Empires. they were not conquered by British after accepting British suzerainty. In 1947, they were given option to either join India or Pakistan or stay independent.

British gave Indian principalities options, Dutch didn't, that's the difference. They were forced to choose between staying independent and the newly formed government, staying independent meant they have to fight the Republican forces first because the newly government claimed all of Dutch territories and a secession attempt was always responded with guns.

The kings who were cooperating with the newly formed government kept their title and their palace until now, Surakarta and Jogjakarta for examples.

 

[INDIC]

British gave Indian principalities options, Dutch didn't, that's the difference. They were forced to choose between staying independent and the newly formed government, staying independent meant they have to fight the Republican forces first because the newly government claimed all of Dutch territories and a secession attempt was always responded with guns.

The kings who were cooperating with the newly formed government kept their title and their palace until now, Surakarta and Jogjakarta for examples.

It was the Congress leader Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel who led to the accession of these princely states into India through persuading, he is referred as 'Iron man of India.'

Did Indonesia had to fight war with these principalities to integrate them into Indonesia. I studied about Sukarno in School.

 

[asad71]

There are hundreds of cities in India retaining Muslim era names.



Bengalis are historically Indian people, their language is called Indo-Aryan and their writing system is Indic. Your current artificial identity was invented 42 years ago before that you had Pakistani identity for 24 years before that Hindustani Bengalis. There are more chances that rising sea level of Bay of Bengal will liberate Bangladesh from Bangladeshis.

Historically there is no Indian people. The bulk of the population in SA used to be Hindu people. Now that demography is changing.

 

[INDIC]

Historically there is no Indian people. The bulk of the population in SA used to be Hindu people. Now that demography is changing.

Hindus or Muslims, there were always Indian people. You modern identity was created in 1971.

 

[scorpionx]

Historically there is no Indian people. The bulk of the population in SA used to be Hindu people. Now that demography is changing.

According to ancient historians like Herodotus,Megasthenese,Xuanzang or Faxian , yes there were repeated mentions of Indian people no matter to how much extent their ethnicities differ from each other. If you are not aware of them,read history kindly.

 

[asad71]

According to ancient historians like Herodotus,Megasthenese,Xuanzang or Faxian , yes there were repeated mentions of Indian people no matter to how much extent their ethnicities differ from each other. If you are not aware of them,read history kindly.

The Greeks called the Hindus Indes. That is the connection. You know why and how Hindu Kush got its name. The greatest SA extension under the Muslim Saltanats, and they called their empire Hindustan - the land where the Hindus live.

 

[scorpionx]

The Greeks called the Hindus Indes. That is the connection. You know why and how Hindu Kush got its name. The greatest SA extension under the Muslim Saltanats, and they called their empire Hindustan - the land where the Hindus live.

Anything in the vicinity of River Indus and east ward were known as India and people living in those states were called Indians.The accounts of the Greeks often express their astonishment about the diversity of people living in this region.As he was never been in India,I won't refer to Herodotus' account but kindly read Indika,one of the most ancient western account of this region and see how he describes it.

 

[Zero_wing]

again people this just thread started by whole b.s to make you people fight this pointless debate what is in a name of country in place anyway?