Names of the Republic of India in its official languages

The following table lists the names of the Republic of India in each of the twenty-three constitutionally recognised languages listed in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India^[1]. Hindi and English are the languages used by the Union Government for official work.^[2]

Language	Long form	Transliteration	Short form	Transliteration
Assamese	ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য	Bhārôt Gônôrajyô	ভাৰত	Bhārôt
Bengali	ভারতীয় প্রজাতন্ত্র	Bhārotio Projatôntro	ভারত	Bhārot
Bhojpuri	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārat Gaṇarājya	भारत	Bhārat
English[3]	Republic of India	–	India	–
Gujarati	ભારતીય ગણતંત્ર	Bhārtiya Gantāntrā	ભારત	Bhārat
Hindi	भारतीय गणराज्य	Bhāratiya Gaṇarājya	भारत	Bhārat
Kannada	ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	ಇ೦ಡಿಯಾ	Bhārata,India
Konkani language	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārat Gaṇarājya	भारत	Bhārat
Malayalam	ഭാരത മഹാരാജ്യം	Bhārata Mahārājyam	ഭാരതം, ഇന്ത്യ	Bhāratam, Intya
Meitei Manipuri	ভারত গণরাজ্য	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	ভারত	Bhārata
Marathi	भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक	Bhārtiya Prajāsattāk	भारत	Bhārat,
Nepali	भारत गणराज्य	Bhārat Gaṇarādzya	भारत	Bhārat
Oriya	ଭାରତ ଗଣରାଜ୍ଯ	Bhārata Gaṇarājya	ଭାରତ	Bhārata
Punjabi	ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ	Pā̀rat Gaṇtantar	ਭਾਰਤ	Pā̀rat
Sanskrit	भारत महाराज्यम्[citation needed]	Bhārata Mahārājyam	भारतम्	Bhāratam
Sindhi	भारत गणराज्य هندستانڀارت،	Bhārat Gaṇarājya	भारत, ڀارت،	Bhārat
Tamil[4]	இந்தியக் குடியரசு	Indhiyak kudiyarasu	இந்தியா	Indhiyā
Telugu	భారత గణతంత్ర రాజ్యము	Bhārata Gaṇataṇtra Rājyamu	భారత దేశము	Bhārata Desamu
Urdu	جمہوریہ بھارت	Jumhūrīyat-e Bhārat	بھارت	Bhārat

See also

• Names of India
• Bharat (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ "Eighth Schedule". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. http://lawmin.nic.in/coi/EIGHTH-SCHEDULE.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-26. 
2. ^ "The Union: Official Language". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. http://india.gov.in/knowindia/official_language.php. Retrieved 2007-06-24. 
3. ^ "CIA Factbook: India". CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
4. ^ "Government of Tamil Nadu Official site". National Informatics Centre (NIC). 2007. http://www.tn.gov.in/tamiltngov/government.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-26.