"all natives of this country are referred to as Hindus"-Shri H. V. Kamath
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY DEBATES (PROCEEDINGS) - VOLUME IX Sunday, the 18th September 1949 Mr. President : I have told you that if you select the name "Bharat", it is only a question of language and it does not require any speech. Shri H. V. Kamath : I bow to your ruling. I only wish to refer to the Irish Constitution which was adopted twelve years ago. There the construction of the sentence is different from what has been proposed in clause (1) of this article. I feel that the expression "India, that is, Bharat"-I suppose it means "India, that is to say, Bharat"-I feel that in a Constitution it is somewhat clumsy; it would be much better if this expression, this construction were modified in a constitutionally more acceptable form and may I say in a more a aesthetic form definitely in a more correct form. if honourable colleagues in the House would take the trouble of referring to the Irish Constitution passed in 1937, they will see that the I...