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Official names of India

The Constitution of India includes official names of the Republic of India in each of the twenty-three Schedule VIII languages of India^[1]. Hindi and English (listed in boldface) are the "official languages of the union" (Union meaning the Union Government located in Delhi);^[2] Tamil and Sanskrit are officially the "classical languages of India."

Language	Long form	English Pronunciation	Short form
Assamese	ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য	Bhārôt Gôṇôrājÿô	ভাৰত Bharot
Bengali	ভারত গণরাজ্য	Bʰārôt Gôṇôrājÿô	ভারত Bharot
Bodo
Dogri
English^[3]	Republic of India		India
Gujarati	ભારતીય પ્રજાસત્તાક	Bhartiya Prajasattak	ભારત
Hindi	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	भारत Bhārat
Kannada	ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ	Bʰārata Gaṇarājya	ಭಾರತ Bʰārata
Kashmiri	ہِندوستان	Hindustān
Konkani	भारोत गोणराज		भारोत
Maithili
Malayalam	ഭാരതം	Bhāratam	ഭാരതം Bhāratam
Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei)	ভারত গণরাজ্য		ভারত
Marathi	भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक	Bhartiya Prajasattak	भारत Bhārat
Nepali	भारत गणराज्य	Bʰārat Gaṇarāǳya	भारत Bʰārat
Oriya	ଭାରତ	Bharata	Bharata
Punjabi	ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ	Bhārat Gantantar	ਭਾਰਤ Bhārat
Sanskrit	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	भारत Bhārata
Santhali
Sindhi	ڀارت، هندستانڀارت،		ڀارت،
Tamil	இந்தியக் குடியரசு	Indiyak-Kudiyarasu	இந்தியா India/Bharadham
Telugu	భారత గణరాజ్యము	Bʰārata Gaṇa Rājyamu	భారత్ Bhārath
Urdu	بھارت	Jumhūrīyat-e Bhārat	بھارت Bhārat

References

^ "Eighth Schedule". National Informatics Centre (NIC) (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
^ "The Union: Official Language". National Informatics Centre (NIC) (2007). Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
^ "CIA Factbook: India". CIA. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

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