 bill no 10 of 2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015by shri gopal chinayya shetty, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2015 2  in the preamble to the constitution, for the word ''india'', the word ''hindustan''shall be substitutedamendment of the preamble amendment of article 13 in article 1 of the constitution, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—''(1) hindustan shall be a union of states''4 throughout the constitution, for the word ''india'', wherever it occurs, the word''hindustan'' shall be substitutedsubstitution of reference to 'india' by 'hindustan' statement of objects and reasonsarticle 1 of the constitution provides that ''india, that is bharat'' shall be a union of states comprising of the states and the union territories since centuries, our ancient motherland used to be known as bharat the  then foreign rulers, the imperialist british named the country as ''india'' the common man of our country know it by the name ''hindustan'' the legendary urdu poet iqbal has also used the word ''hindustan'' for our motherland in his famous and lyrical poem ''sare jahan se achchha''some public undertakings/enterprises are also using the word ''hindustan'' in their names eg hindustan petroleum corporation ltd, hindustan shipyard, hindustan antibiotics and hindustan aeronautics ltd are some of such undertakings being a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic, it would be appropriate if we rename our republic as ''hindustan'' the bill seeks to achieve the objective by making amendment to the constitution for this purposehence this billnew delhi;gopal  chinayya  shettydecember, 18, 2014 annexure extract from the constitution of india      peamblewe, the people of india, having solemnly resolved to constitute india into a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic and to secure to all its citizens: in our constituent assembly this twenty-sixth day of november, 1949, do hereby adopt, enact and give to ourselves this constitution       1 (1) india, that is bharat, shall be a union of statesname and territory of the union      new delhi;gopal  chinayya  shettydecember, 18, 2014———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri gopal chinayya shetty, mp)