Pakistani people are very sentimental. They would often get very sad about the fact that the western world knows not much about Pakistan and they're always like "Oh! is it somewhere near "India"? well! given the history of both countries Pakistani people would get all worked up. But I have two good reasons to tell them to relax!
1- Thankfully Pakistan's on good terms with her neighbor now and
2- Well Come'on! Lets be honest! India's been there for centuries. It is obviously more famous than Pakistan.
But there is something funny about the fact that India is not India! and Pakistan is India! Surprised? Let me take you a few years back. Like a couple of centuries back?
See, when Aryans invaded or as many other historians might say "came" or "happened upon" this part of the earth there was this sea that they began to call "Sindhu" but when Persians came here they translated it in their language and began calling it "Hindu"- oh n here i would like to tell you that "Hindu" is not a religion, it is used to refer to people who belong to the surroundings of "Hindu" river and when Greek came into the equation, they changed the name to "Indu". And well, as I hear, Greeks have this habit of putting an additional "S" after words so the river came out to be known as "INDUS" which is why the state was named "India"
As for 1947, Pakistan and India became independent states and the rest you, generally speaking, would know! But The Indus River became a part of "PAKISTAN" and the land which was not "INDIA" began to be called so. Quoting "Aik Din Geo K Saath"... "Kia Yeh Khulla Tazaad Nahi?" ;-)
India is a misnomer for the place it is called so, by. Bharat would be the appropriate name and also... lets not forgot, Pakistan also has several things to be proud of so lets not feel bad about it. Its just a little Irony!
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