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submitted 1 year ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Britain renamed Bharat to India when it was colonized, and the name is a symbol of colonial slavery.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's a good point. Brits created these states out of whole cloth and we're still dealing with the consequences of that.