 bill no 89 of  2009 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2009 byshri yogi adityanath, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2009short title2  in article 1 of  the constitution, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—"(1) bharat, that is hindustan, shall be a union of states" statement of objects and reasonsthe ancient and traditional names of our country are bharat and hindustan these two names were popular during pre-british period after the establishment of the british rule, britishers used the name ''india'' which was popular in their own country the framers of the constitution recognised the ancient name of the country 'bharat' and gave it its due place in the constitution article 1 of the constitution provides that "india, that is bharat, shall be a union of states" however, due to popularity of the english name, the traditional name of our country 'hindustan' has been left outthe bill seeks to amend the constitution with a view to changing the nomenclature of our country from "india, that is bharat" to "bharat, that is hindustan" the word "india" denotes the symbol of slavery and thus deserves to be omitted from our constitutionthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;august 10, 2009yogi  adityanath annexureextract from the constitution of india      the union and its territory1  (1) india, that is bharat, shall be a union of statesname and territory of the union      lok   salok   sabhabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri yogi adityanath, mp)gmgipmrnd—3910ls(s5)—11-11-2009