India vs Bharat row: Kangana Ranaut reacts; says we are Bharatiya not Indians

Hours after G20 dinner invite with 'President of Bharat' sparked a major controversy, Kangana Ranaut reacted to the buzz and shared an old Hindustan Times report of her statement in which she had called for a change of India's name.

In a tweet, she re-shared a fan post on X who said that the actor is always ahead from others. She wrote, ‘And some call it black magic …. It’s simply Grey matter honey (similing face emoticon) Congratulations to everyone!! Freed from a slave name … Jai Bharat.’

In her recent tweets, she detailed the importance of the name 'Bharat'. Kangana said the meaning of 'Bharat' is meaningful whereas in olden English, Indians meant slaves and that was the identity given to us by the Britishers.

She added that they recently changed it. She concluded by saying that we are Bharatiya and not Indians.

She wrote, ‘What is there to love in this name? First of all they couldn’t pronounce ‘Sindhu’ toh usko bigad ke ‘ Indus’ kar diya. Phir kabhi Hindos kabhi Indos kuch bhi gol mol karke India bana diya. (They turned Sindhu into Indus. Then Hindos became Indos) From the time of Mahabharata, all the kingdoms who participated in the Great War of Kurukshetra came under one continent called Bharat so why were they calling us Indu Sindu??’

‘Also the name Bharat is so meaningful, what is the meaning of India ? I know they called Red Indians that because in olden English Indian simply meant a slave, they named us Indians because that was our new identity given to us by British. Even in olden days dictionary Indian’s meaning was mentioned as slave they recently changed it. Also it’s not our name we are Bhartiya not Indians,’ she added.

On the work front, Kangana will be next seen in ‘Chandramukhi 2’. The film is set to release in theatres on September 19. She also has ‘Emergency’ and ‘Tejas’ in her kitty.

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