At a book launch event, Adityanath said India had a rich legacy of 1,000 years that was called ‘Bharatvarsh’, which included present India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said India had a legacy of 1,000 years that was called ‘Bharatvarsh’, which included present India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. He also remarked that the British hatched a conspiracy to divide India.
Adityanath was addressing the book launch of ‘Early North India and its Coins’ written by Devendra Handa and translated by Manish Verma at his official residence of 5, Kalidas Marg. The collection has been compiled by the Hinduja Foundation. The book discussed and illustrated the largest number of indigenous early historical coins of North India.
“This book and this event are not just the release of an ordinary book; they are also a document that opens the eyes of the world. We can say with full conviction that the Mahabharata speaks of India as a land where being born itself is rare, and being born as a human is even rarer,” he said.
“Several Western intellectuals would continue to say that India was not a single unit. They call themselves scholars, but they continued to hatch conspiracies and spread misinformation. In 1947, our country bore the brunt of this, when India’s once inseparable parts were divided,” he added.
“The conspiracy of the British was aimed at dividing India into three parts. They wanted to show that only they could rule, and we did not know how to govern ourselves. They hatched such conspiracies to weaken our country – but we strongly protested against this move.”
‘भारतवर्ष’ में वर्तमान का भारत भी है, पाकिस्तान भी है, बांग्लादेश भी है,
यही वृहत्तर भारत है, यही भारतीयों का देश है… pic.twitter.com/DTKsc86Nev
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) January 8, 2026