Question

A lot of people feel that the states in India should be given more autonomy.Do you think this would be a good idea ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Let us get some facts straight there, regardless of what some nationalist constructed propaganda. There was no country in history called India prior to 1947. India comes from the Greek word “Indios”, thus the word “India” itself is foreign. Originally it meant a continent or a “region” beyond Sindhu river/Indus river. It was a vague term used by Europeans. The Arabs and Persians called it Hindustan or lands beyond Indus river. It was purely a geographic term. There was no entity called India. There is no word called “India” written in any of the historical books of all the ethnic groups for thousands of years.