 bill no 121 of  2014 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2014 by shri yogi adityanath, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of india be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2014amendment of article 12 in article 1 of the constitution, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—3 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 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;yogi  adityanathjuly 18, 2014 annexure extract 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     ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri yogi adityanath, mp)gmgipmrnd—2382ls(s-3)—18112014