Hindustani
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Hindustani (Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी) is a word that is used to describe, the people of Hindustan, which really meant people from the geographical region of Indian subcontinent. Though after the Partition of India, it is used mainly to describe the ethnic group from India, and used commonly by people from within the Indian subcontinent [1], and is thus used to attribute concepts belonging to the region, such as music, tradition, and tehzeeb (culture).
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[edit] Etymology
In the Persian language, word Hindi, which is itself derived from Sindh, Sanskrit for the Indus River[2] + -stān, (Sanskrit for place, often formerly rendered Hindoostan and the adjective Hindustani relates to various aspects of the geographical areas east of the Indus, or people living in it - the Hindustanis.
Thus, Hindustan, has come to mean - the modern 'Republic of India'. Sindhu is a river in Sanskrit. Sthana in Sanskrit is place.[3][4].
Historically, the Indian subcontinent during the medieval times. The adjective Hindustani is a term applied to the syncretic Hindu culture of South Asia. Hindustani is sometimes also used as an ethnic term applied to South Asia. For example, a West Indian man with roots in South Asia might describe his ethnicity by saying he is Hindustani. See also, Hindoestanen)
Collectively, Hindustan is a region in northern India, east and south of Yamuna river, between the Vindhya mountains and the Himalayas, where Hindustani language is spoken, and its music is called Hindustani classical music.
[edit] Hindustani in Media
[edit] Army
- Hindustani Lal Sena, (Indian Red Army), formed 1939.
[edit] Political groups
- Hindustani Ghadar Party, founded in 1970.
[edit] Films
- Hum Hindustani , (हम हिन्दुस्तानी) 1960 Hindi film.
- Saat Hindustani (सात हिन्दुस्तानी), 1969 Hindi film.
- Raja Hindustani (राजा हिंदुस्तानी), 1996 Hindi film.
- Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani (), 2000 Hindi film.
