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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Replying to @bpettichord
Bengal was partitioned by the British. UP was kinda backronymed from United Provinces. Central Provinces became Madhya Pradesh.
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Replying to @vgr
So why wasn’t West Bengal “backronymed” like the other states?
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Replying to @bpettichord
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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Bret Pettichord Retweeted The Red Line - Podcast
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) Source: https://twitter.com/TheRedLinePod/status/1297887428699537409?s=20 …https://twitter.com/TheRedLinePod/status/1297887428699537409 …
Bret Pettichord added,
The Red Line - Podcast @TheRedLinePodThis 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. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/24-who-is-indias-biggest-strategic-enemy/id1482715810?i=1000488945578 …Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @bpettichord
Did I get something wrong? That podcast doesn't sound like it's about state names...
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