The concept of "akhand bharat" or an undivided bharat is one of the such a mythological issue that has been explained by many Hindu scholar over many years . They has been viewing the 1947 Partition of India as only the most recent event in a long series of divisions of the territory of ancient Bharat. For them, the territorial concept, drawn from ancient Hindu texts, is that the entire landmass between the Indian Ocean and the Himalayas is Bharat.
The concept of "akhand bharat " came into news when Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb made a public statement that the BJP has plans to set up governments not only everywhere in India, but also in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Naturally, a few eyebrows were raised at this, since Nepal and Sri Lanka happen to be separate countries.
so in this segment the I will discuss the concept of akhand bharat in brief view this article is based on the facts which are avalaible in the form of document , resarch papers ......
History of the akhand bharat
During the Independence Movement, K.M Munshi advocated for Akhand bharat , a theory that was later agreed by Gandhi accepting that "as Britain wanted to perpetuate her empire by applying a policy of divide and rule, therefore Gandhi thinks that Hindu-Muslim unity could not be achieved as long as the British were in power In addition, Mazhar Ali Khan, a veteran undivided journalist , onto wrote that "the Khan brothers [were] determined to fight for Akhand Hindustan, and challenged the Muslim League to fight the issue out before the electorate of the Province. On 7–8 October 1944, in Delhi, Radha Kumud Mukherjee presided over the Akhand Hindustan Leaders' Conference.
The Indian activist and Hindu Mahasabah leader Savarkar at the Hindu Mahasabha's 19th Annual Session in Ahmedabad in 1937 propounded the notion of an Akhand Bharat that "must remain one and indivisible" "from Kashmir to Rameswaram, from Sindh to Assam." He said that "all citizens who owe undivided loyalty and allegiance to the Indian nation and to the Indian state shall be treated with perfect equality and shall share duties and obligations equally in common, irrespective of caste, creed or religion, and the representation also shall either be on the basis of one man one vote or in proportion to the population in case of separate electorates and public services shall go by merit alone.So,the question here what exactly "akhand bharat" is : according to the belief of R.s.s akhand bharat include the area of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Sri Lanka and Burma as one nation. it would not be correct to say that the name of Hindustan was Bharatvarsha before and before that also there was jambu island It is said that today's india is only a part of bharat varsha what is called as Aryavarta we can see he desc ription in vedas to where northern india was refered as Aryabhoomi
Hindu scholar thinks that Partition of India was done seven times in 61 years in the British rule. Afghanistan was separated from India in 1876, Nepal in 1904, Bhutan in 1906, Tibet in 1907, Sri Lanka in 1935, Myanmar (Burma) in 1937 and... Pakistan in 1947. India's Partition of Akhanda Bharat Unbroken India extended from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean & from Iran to Indonesia. India’s area in 1857 was 83 lakh square kilometers, which is currently 33 lakh square kilometers. From 1857 to 1947, India was fragmented many times by external powers. Afghanistan was separated from India in 1876, Nepal in 1904, Bhutan in 1906, Tibet in 1907, Sri Lanka in 1935, Myanmar in 1937 and Pakistan in 1947.
Sri Lanka The British separated Sri Lanka from India in 1935. The old name of Sri Lanka was Sinhaldeep. The name Sinhaldeep was later renamed Ceylon. Sri Lanka’s name was Tamraparni during the reign of Emperor Ashoka. Mahendra, son of Emperor Ashoka and daughter Sanghamitra went to Sri Lanka to propagate Buddhism. Sri Lanka is a part of united India.
Afghanistan The ancient name of Afghanistan was Upganasthan and Kandahar’s was Gandhara. Afghanistan was a Shaivite country.The Gandhara described in the Mahabharata is in Afghanistan from where the Kauravas’ mother was Gandhari and maternal uncle Shakuni. The description of Kandahar i.e. Gandhara is found till the reign of Shah Jahan. It was a part of India In 1876 Gandamak treaty was signed between Russia and Britain. After the treaty, Afghanistan was accepted as a separate country.
Myanmar (Burma) The ancient name of Myanmar (Burma) was Brahmadesh. In 1937, the recognition of a separate country to Myanmar i.e..
Burma was given by the British. In ancient times, the Hindu king Anandavrata ruled here.
Nepal Nepal was known as Deodhar in ancient times. Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini and mother Sita was born in Janakpur which is in Nepal today it was made a separate country in 1904 by the British. Nepal was called the Hindu nation of Nepal. Nepal was made a separate country in 1904 by the British. Nepal was called as Hindu Rashtra Nepal. Until a few years ago, the king of Nepal was called Nepal Naresh. Nepal has 81 percent Hindus and 9% Buddhists. Nepal was an integral part of India during the reigns of Emperor Ashoka and Samudragupta. In 1951, Maharaja Tribhuvan Singh of Nepal appealed to the then Prime Minister of India,Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to merge Nepal with India, but Jawaharlal Nehru rejected the proposal
Thailand was known as Syam until 1939. The major cities were Ayodhya, Shri Vijay etc. The construction of Buddhist temples in Syam began in the third century.
Even today many Shiva temples are there in this country. The capital of Thailand Bangkok also has hundreds of Hindu temples. Cambodia Cambodia is derived from the Sanskrit name Kamboj, was part of unbroken India
The Kaundinya dynasty of Indian origin ruled here from the first century itself. People here used to worship Shiva, Vishnu and Buddha. The national language was Sanskrit. Even today in Cambodia, the names of Indian months such as Chet, Visakh, Asadha are used.
he world famous Ankorwat temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, which was built by the Hindu king Suryadev Varman. The walls of the temple have paintings related to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The ancient name of Ankorwat is Yashodharpur.
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Vietnam The ancient name of Vietnam is Champadesh and its principal cities were Indrapur, Amravati and Vijay. Many Shiva, Lakshmi, Parvati and Saraswati temples will still be found here. Shivling was also worshiped here. The people were called Cham who were originally Shaivites.
Malaysia The ancient name of Malaysia was Malay Desh which is a Sanskrit word which means the land of mountains. Malaysia is also described in Ramayana and Raghuvansham.
Shaivism was practiced in Malay. Goddess Durga and Lord Ganesha were worshiped. The main script here was Brahmi and Sanskrit was the main language. Indonesia The ancient name of Indonesia is Dipantar Bharat which is also mentioned in the Puranas
Deepantar Bharat means the ocean across India. It was the kingdom of Hindu kings. The largest Shiva temple was in the island of Java. The temples were mainly carved with Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. The Bhuvanakosh is the oldest book containing 525 verses of Sanskrit. he names or motos of the leading institutions of Indonesia are still in Sanskrit : Indonesian Police Academy – Dharma Bijaksana Kshatriya Indonesia National Armed Forces – Tri Dharma Ek Karma Indonesia Airlines – Garun Airlines Indonesia Ministry of Home Affairs – Charak Bhuvan Indonesia Ministry of Finance – Nagar Dhan Raksha Indonesia Supreme Court – Dharam yukti
Tibet The ancient name of Tibet was Trivishtam which was divided into two parts. One part was given to China and the other to Lama after an agreement between the Chinese and the British in 1907. In 1954, India’s Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru accepted Tibet as part of China to show his solidarity to Chinese people.
Bhutan was separated from India by the British in 1906 and recognized as a separate country. Bhutan is derived from the Sanskrit word Bhu Utthan which means high ground.
Pakistan There was partition of India on August 14, 1947 by the British and Pakistan came into existence as East Pakistan and West Pakistan. Mohammad Ali Jinnah had been demanding a separate country on the basis of religion since 1940 which later became Pakistan.
In 1971 with the cooperation of India Pakistan was divided again and Bangladesh came into existence. Pakistan and Bangladesh are parts of India. Please do read and share with
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In December 2015, following Narendra Modi's diplomatic visit to Lahore, Pakistan, the BJP National Secretary Ram Madhav (in an interview with Al Jazeera's Mehdi Hassan) described that "The RSS still believes that one day [India, Pakistan and Bangladesh], which have for historical reasons separated only 60 years ago, will again, through popular goodwill, come together and Akhand Bharat will be created.
In March 2019, RSS leader Indresh Kumar claimed that Pakistan would reunite with India by 2025, that Indians would settle in and migrate to Lahore and Lake Mansarovar in Tibet, that an Indian-allied government had been ensured in Dhaka, and that a European Union-style Akhand Bharat would form.
Former Indian Supreme Court Judge Markandey Katju advocated in Pakistani newspaper The Nation that the only solution to the ongoing dispute between India and Pakistan is the reunification of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh under a strong, secular, modern-minded government. He expanded on the reasons for his support for a reunified India in an article for Newslaundry; Katju advocated that such a state would be administered by a secular government.[27] Katju serves as the chairman of the Indian Reunification Association (IRA), which seeks to campaign for this cause.
The former Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, in April 2004, similarly endorsed a confederation of the sovereign nations of India and Pakistan as a powerful geopolitical entity rivaling the European Union, United States of America, Russian Federation and People's Republic of China.
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