Hindustan facts for kids

The term Hindustan may relate to various aspects of three geographical areas:

• India
• Indian subcontinent
• Land of the Indus River or "Indus land" to the Persians.
• A region in northern India, east and south of Yamuna river, between the Vindhya mountains and the Himalayas, where Hindi/Hindustani language is spoken

Hindustan can also refer to the following:

• Hindustan Motors, an Indian car manufacturer
• HMS Hindustan, one of the eight ships of the King Edward VII class battleships
• "Hindustan" (1918), a popular published song written and composed by Oliver G. Wallace and Harold Weeks
• Hindustan Times, a major Northern Indian English language daily newspaper
• HAL Airport (Hindustan Airport), the major airport of Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• Hindustan, Indiana, United States, a small town just south of Martinsville, Indiana

Related pages

• Hindustani language

Images for kids

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  1855 Colton Map of India or Hindostan.

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  Plains encompassing Yamuna river, a tributary of Ganges is the Hindustan region

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  Jai Hind postmark, which was issued on 15 August 1947.

See also

In Spanish: Indostán para niños