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What's the country's official name?

Neha Shukla, TNN | Oct 5, 2012, 08.06PM IST

LUCKNOW: What's the official name of our country? The RTI query on the
same has stumped the union government. And, in the best possible
reaction, the query has been transferred to the national archives of
India (NAI). The archives will now have to rummage through the old
records and find relevant documents, if any, that gave the nation its
name - 'Bharat' and 'India'.

In an interesting turn of events, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO),
Ministry of of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of Culture, among which
the RTI application has been circulating since the last one month,
have remained tight-lipped on the query. They have neither denied that
the nation was officially named ever nor have they accepted it. The
departments have rather transferred the applications among themselves.

The response of NAI is eagerly awaited now. The applicant Urvashi
Sharma had sought information about the official name of the country
and the process by way of which the name of the country was declared
by way of an RTI application from PMO on August 25.

She also wanted to know if the government, at any point of time,
thought over changing the name of the country after independence?
Also, if the union government gave one or two names to the country?
The government was asked to provide the certified copy of the
notification by which it has given the country its name.

PMO transferred the application to MHA, which, in turn, transferred it
to ministry of culture. The application has now been transferred to
NAI.