<!--QuoteBegin-unarayanadas+Aug 31 2005, 02:57 PM-->QUOTE(unarayanadas @ Aug 31 2005, 02:57 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->India that is Bharat (<b>India is perhaps the only country in the world to have two official names</b>)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There is another one I know of.
Japan (Nippon)
<!--QuoteBegin-ashyam+Dec 11 2005, 01:43 PM-->QUOTE(ashyam @ Dec 11 2005, 01:43 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-unarayanadas+Aug 31 2005, 02:57 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(unarayanadas @ Aug 31 2005, 02:57 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->India that is Bharat (<b>India is perhaps the only country in the world to have two official names</b>)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There is another one I know of.
Japan (Nippon)
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<b>The point seems to have been missed - the reader is looking at the literal meaning. Does the Japanese constitution say 'Japan that is Nippon' in order not to displease some parts of its population. We can not call India 'Bharat' lest it offends our religious minorties. The issue is similar to that of singing 'Vande Mataram' or prayer with 'Saraswathi Vandana' in educational institutions.</b>
