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The following is a list of the twenty-three^[1] 'names of the Republic of India' in each of the Schedule VIII languages of India. Hindi and English (listed in boldface) are the "official languages of the union";^[2] Tamil and Sanskrit are officially the "classical languages of India."

Language	Long form	Short form
Assamese'	ভাৰত গণৰাজ্য ''Bhārôt Gôṇôrājÿô''	ভাৰত ''Bharot''
Bengali'	ভারত গণরাজ্য Bʰārôt Gôṇôrājÿô	ভারত ''Bharot''
Bodo'
Dogri'
'English'[3]	Republic of India	India
Gujarati'	ભારતીય પ્રજાસત્તાક	ભારત
'Hindi'	भारत गणराज्य ''Bhārata Gaṇarājya''	भारत ''Bhārat''
Kannada'	ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ ''Bʰārata Gaṇarājya''	ಭಾರತ ''Bʰārata''
Kashmiri'
Konkani'	भारोत गोणराज	भारोत
Maithili'
Malayalam'	ഇന്ത്യ''Bharatham''റിപബ്ലിക്ക്‌ ഓഫ്‌	''Bharatham''
Manipuri (also Meitei or Meithei)	ভারত গণরাজ্য	ভারত
Marathi'	भारतीय प्रजासत्ताक ''Bhartiya Prajasattak''	भारत ''Bhārat''
Nepali'	भारत गणराज्य ''Bʰārat Gaṇarādzya''	भारत ''Bʰārat''
Oriya'
Punjabi'	ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਰਾਜ '' ਭਾਰਤ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ ''	ਭਾਰਤ ''
Sanskrit'	भारत गणराज्य ''	भारत ''
Santhali'
Sindhi'
Tamil'	இந்திய குடியரசு Indhiye Kudiyarasu	இந்தியா Indhiya
Telugu'	భారత గణ రాజ్యము ''Bʰārata Gaṇa Rājyamu''	ఇ౦డియా ''India''
Urdu'	جمہوریہ بھارت ''Jumhūrīyat-e Bhārat''	بھارت ''Bhārat''

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See also

★ Etymology of the names of India

★ Names of India

References

1. Eighth Schedule
2. The Union: Official Language
3. CIA Factbook: India

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