 bill no  166 of  2015 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2015 by shri bhartruhari mahtab, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of india be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—short titleamendment of article 13 in article 1 of the constitution, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—"(1) bharat shall be a union of states"54 throughout the constitution, for the word "india", wherever it occurs, the word"bharat" shall be substitutedsubstitution of reference to 'india' by 'bharat' statement of objects and reasonshistorically, our country was known as bharat through there are indications that the name 'india' was also in use even in very ancient times, the term came more prominently in vogue with the advent of the british imperial rule for this reason, often the use of the term 'india' is regarded an imperial legacy the framers of our constitution did give recognition to the name 'bharat' and named the republic as "india, that is bharat" in article 1 of the constitution however, they chose to give precedence to "india" over "bharat" that is why, throughout the rest of the constitution, the term "india" has been used to refer to the republicthe bill seeks to amend the constitution so as to rename the republic as "bharat"instead of "india"hence this billnew delhi;bhartruhari  mahtabmay 11, 2015 annexure extract from the constitution of india      preamblepreamblewe, 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 part i the union and its territory1 (1) india, that is bharat, shall be a union of statesname and territory of the union     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri bhartruhari mahtab, mp)gmgipmrnd—1187ls(s3)—14-07-2015