Crossword clues for hindustan
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hindustan \Hindustan\ n. northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, from Persian, literally "country of the Hindus;" see Hindu + -stan.
Wikipedia
Hindustan is a common geographic term for the northern/northwestern Indian subcontinent.
Hindustan was the name of the northwestern subcontinent in medieval times as established by the Mughal Empire before the British Empire, and is used in some contexts to refer to the modern state.
Hindustan may also refer to:
Hindustan Dainik or 'Hindustan' is published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited. Earlier it was part of HT Media Ltd group, which spun off its Hindi business into a separate company named Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in December 2009. It ranks as the second largest-read daily in the country. Hindustan has 19 editions across the Hindi belt. They are spread across Delhi, Haryana ( Faridabad), Bihar ( Patna, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Bhagalpur), Jharkhand ( Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad), Uttar Pradesh ( Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Aligarh, and Kanpur) and Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani). Apart from these, the paper is also available in key towns like Mathura, Saharanpur, Faizabad.
In Delhi plus NCR, Hindustan is an undisputed No. 2 and has a rapidly growing even as the market is declining. Hindustan readership has grown to 120 L readers in Q4 11. As per Total Readership, Hindustan is No 2 with 385 L readers.
Hindustan, in addition to high-quality reportage, also aspires to become an ally to its readers in their quest for success. The ambition for the brand is to become the partner of progress for the youth in the Hindi belt.
Currently, the major editions of Hindustan are available online in epaper format.
Usage examples of "hindustan".
But we learn from the History of Hindustan, as translated by Dow from the text of Ferishta, that Moazz-eddin Byram Shah, king of Delhi, whose reign began in 1239 and ended in 1242, was involved in troubles with his vizir and principal omrahs, by whom a mutiny was excited amongst his troops.