Should India change its name? | If You're Listening | ABC News

India has two names. It has had two names since its independence in 1947. The architect of the constitution designed it that way. But his story parallels that of the country, grappling with a colonial links and mired by social class.
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B.R Ambedkar rose from the lowest caste to a celebrated hero. Now he has become a cultural flashpoint and the result could push India's ruling party to change the name of the country forever.

00:00 A curious G20 invitation
02:16 Writing India's constitution
04:00 India's caste system
05:02 B.R Ambedkar's early life and education
07:31 Partition
11:00 Naming a new country
12:22 The mythical origians of Bharat
14:20 Narendra Modi's BJP






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