Hindustan
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"Hindustan" is a historical geographical term referring to the Indian subcontinent, particularly as it was known during the colonial period when much of it was under British rule. The term matters because it represents how the region was understood and mapped by both local populations and European powers during a pivotal era in South Asian history.
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- Etymology
- Current usage
- Republic of India
- Language
- Historical usages
- Kingdom of Nepal
- Colonial India
- Partition of India
- See also
- References
- General sources
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thumb|300px|Alvin J. Johnson's map of Hindostan or British India, 1864
Hindustan ( or , ; ), along with its shortened form Hind, is the Persian-language name for India, broadly the Indian subcontinent, that later became commonly used by its inhabitants in Hindustani. Historically, the term also referred to the northern Indian subcontinent (the superior part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the regions north of the Vindhya Range in distinction to Deccan in the south) and particularly the Doab region of northern India. Since the partition of India in 1947, Hindustan continues to be used to the present day as a historic name for the Republic of India.