I would have said "HINDUSTANI" insted of "HINDU" right ?

Question: I would have said "HINDUSTANI" insted of "HINDU" right !?

English Hindi
INDIA = HINDUSTAN
INDIAN = HINDUSTANI or HINDU
BHARAT = BHARAT

Hindu is just a hindi meaning for the word INDIAN!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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am from mauritius!.!. am a hindu meaning am from india and a indian i suppose!.!.!.!. loool u r twisting mt mind wid that!!1Www@QuestionHome@Com

actually,hindu is misnomer if you call all indian hindus!.say there millions of muslims, thet are hindustani but not hindus!. so many christans are there !.they are indians --hindustanis but not hindus!.
all hindus are indians but all indians are not hindus,of course they are hindustanis
hence hindu is not a hindi meaning for the wird indian!.
hindus are those who follow HINDU RELIGIONWww@QuestionHome@Com

Nehru and Congress were adamant that India would not become Hindustan because of the huge number of non-hindus in the country!. That is one of the reasons why India is a secular state!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Firstly we all are indians then we are hindus, muslims, sikhs or christian !. Country comes first not religion!. Not all indians are hindus but they r countrymen i!.e hindustanis!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes u should have said hindustani instead of hindu!.Www@QuestionHome@Com