Why do we say, in English, West Bengal but never Pashchim(a) Bengal? Why do we say Uttar Pradesh but never North Pradesh?
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Bengal was partitioned by the British. UP was kinda backronymed from United Provinces. Central Provinces became Madhya Pradesh.
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Because the East was in another country that split off and changed its name from East Pakistan to Bangladesh? It wasn’t an absolute location like UP but relative. Interestingly Punjab didn’t bother. Both India and a Pakistan call their provinces Punjab. Not West and East Punjab.
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I discussed our convo with my daughter, who knows Hindi & Urdu and has lived in UP and RJ.
Me: answer was complicated and i realized of course it is India
Her: “if you understand India, someone has explained it very poorly to you” (from podcast)
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This week we had the amazing SWAMINATHAN AIYAR (@swamiaiyar1) of @CatoFP/@CatoInstitute on the program to talk about how many of India's once rock-solid alliances in South Asia are beginning to change, and what that will mean for India going forward.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/24-
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Did I get something wrong? That podcast doesn't sound like it's about state names...
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