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Hindustan

[ hin-doo-stahn, -stan ]

noun

  1. Persian name of India, especially the part N of the Deccan.
  2. the predominantly Hindu areas of India, as contrasted with the predominantly Muslim areas of Pakistan.


Hindustan

/ ˌɪԻʊˈɑː /

noun

  1. the land of the Hindus, esp India north of the Deccan and excluding Bengal
  2. the general area around the Ganges where Hindi is the predominant language
  3. the areas of India where Hinduism predominates, as contrasted with those areas where Islam predominates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Hindustan1

First recorded in 1610–20; from Hindi, Urdu ᾱԻܲ, from Persian ᾱԻū, literally, “country of the Hindus”; Hindi
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The Hindustan Times newspaper called it a film grappling with "an identity crisis, an overlong run time and a confused mess of a script".

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The man also told officers he had not hunted or killed the crocodile, the Hindustan Times reports.

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They said that a small amount of waste from the Carbide factory was destroyed at the plant on a trial basis in 2015, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

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Mr Irshad was charged with disturbing peace and religious harmony, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported.

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"You can sit in front of the TV and watch something for five hours… there are many people who watch theatre for 3.5 hours … give cinema some respect," he told Hindustan Times.

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