Why is Thugs of Hindostan miss-spelt?

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India is also known as Bharat & Hindustan in the Indian Subcontinent.



The upcoming Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan movie is titled Thugs of Hindostan. It is set in 1700 India under British rule. I was wondering why they miss-spelt Hindustan.



It's not like they could get in any legal trouble using the name of an actual place/country. Gangs of Wasseypur, which was a critical & popular hit, was also set in a real town in India with the same name. It could also not get into any political trouble as it is set in a British ruled India & is about the rebellion for freedom.



So why did the producers decided to miss-spell Hindustan as Hindostan. As far as I know & could search, India was never referred to as Hindostan in its history.






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India is also known as Bharat & Hindustan in the Indian Subcontinent.



The upcoming Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan movie is titled Thugs of Hindostan. It is set in 1700 India under British rule. I was wondering why they miss-spelt Hindustan.



It's not like they could get in any legal trouble using the name of an actual place/country. Gangs of Wasseypur, which was a critical & popular hit, was also set in a real town in India with the same name. It could also not get into any political trouble as it is set in a British ruled India & is about the rebellion for freedom.



So why did the producers decided to miss-spell Hindustan as Hindostan. As far as I know & could search, India was never referred to as Hindostan in its history.






production title thugs-of-hindostan







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    miss-spelt is .
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up vote
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India is also known as Bharat & Hindustan in the Indian Subcontinent.



The upcoming Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan movie is titled Thugs of Hindostan. It is set in 1700 India under British rule. I was wondering why they miss-spelt Hindustan.



It's not like they could get in any legal trouble using the name of an actual place/country. Gangs of Wasseypur, which was a critical & popular hit, was also set in a real town in India with the same name. It could also not get into any political trouble as it is set in a British ruled India & is about the rebellion for freedom.



So why did the producers decided to miss-spell Hindustan as Hindostan. As far as I know & could search, India was never referred to as Hindostan in its history.






production title thugs-of-hindostan







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India is also known as Bharat & Hindustan in the Indian Subcontinent.



The upcoming Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan movie is titled Thugs of Hindostan. It is set in 1700 India under British rule. I was wondering why they miss-spelt Hindustan.



It's not like they could get in any legal trouble using the name of an actual place/country. Gangs of Wasseypur, which was a critical & popular hit, was also set in a real town in India with the same name. It could also not get into any political trouble as it is set in a British ruled India & is about the rebellion for freedom.



So why did the producers decided to miss-spell Hindustan as Hindostan. As far as I know & could search, India was never referred to as Hindostan in its history.






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    miss-spelt is .
    – Jason P Sallinger
    55 mins ago












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    miss-spelt is .
    – Jason P Sallinger
    55 mins ago







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miss-spelt is .
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miss-spelt is .
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Unfortunately, Wikipedia indicates that, at least for a short time, it WAS known as Hindostan as evidenced by this 1864 image map.



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Indeed, earlier spellings included Hindoostan!



Unfortunately, this mispelling or geographical error was not uncommon in British history.




Rennel produced an atlas titled the Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire in 1792, which was in fact a map of the Indian subcontinent. Rennel thus conflated the three notions, 'India', 'Hindustan' and the Mughal Empire.



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One assumes that the producers were attempting some form of authenticity with their title to reflect attitudes at the time.






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  • You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
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  • +1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
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Unfortunately, Wikipedia indicates that, at least for a short time, it WAS known as Hindostan as evidenced by this 1864 image map.



enter image description here



Indeed, earlier spellings included Hindoostan!



Unfortunately, this mispelling or geographical error was not uncommon in British history.




Rennel produced an atlas titled the Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire in 1792, which was in fact a map of the Indian subcontinent. Rennel thus conflated the three notions, 'India', 'Hindustan' and the Mughal Empire.



Wikipedia




One assumes that the producers were attempting some form of authenticity with their title to reflect attitudes at the time.






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  • You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
    – iandotkelly♦
    1 hour ago










  • +1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
    – KharoBangdo
    1 hour ago














up vote
3
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Unfortunately, Wikipedia indicates that, at least for a short time, it WAS known as Hindostan as evidenced by this 1864 image map.



enter image description here



Indeed, earlier spellings included Hindoostan!



Unfortunately, this mispelling or geographical error was not uncommon in British history.




Rennel produced an atlas titled the Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire in 1792, which was in fact a map of the Indian subcontinent. Rennel thus conflated the three notions, 'India', 'Hindustan' and the Mughal Empire.



Wikipedia




One assumes that the producers were attempting some form of authenticity with their title to reflect attitudes at the time.






share|improve this answer






















  • You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
    – iandotkelly♦
    1 hour ago










  • +1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
    – KharoBangdo
    1 hour ago












up vote
3
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up vote
3
down vote









Unfortunately, Wikipedia indicates that, at least for a short time, it WAS known as Hindostan as evidenced by this 1864 image map.



enter image description here



Indeed, earlier spellings included Hindoostan!



Unfortunately, this mispelling or geographical error was not uncommon in British history.




Rennel produced an atlas titled the Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire in 1792, which was in fact a map of the Indian subcontinent. Rennel thus conflated the three notions, 'India', 'Hindustan' and the Mughal Empire.



Wikipedia




One assumes that the producers were attempting some form of authenticity with their title to reflect attitudes at the time.






share|improve this answer














Unfortunately, Wikipedia indicates that, at least for a short time, it WAS known as Hindostan as evidenced by this 1864 image map.



enter image description here



Indeed, earlier spellings included Hindoostan!



Unfortunately, this mispelling or geographical error was not uncommon in British history.




Rennel produced an atlas titled the Memoir of a Map of Hindoostan or the Mogul Empire in 1792, which was in fact a map of the Indian subcontinent. Rennel thus conflated the three notions, 'India', 'Hindustan' and the Mughal Empire.



Wikipedia




One assumes that the producers were attempting some form of authenticity with their title to reflect attitudes at the time.







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  • You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
    – iandotkelly♦
    1 hour ago










  • +1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
    – KharoBangdo
    1 hour ago
















  • You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
    – iandotkelly♦
    1 hour ago










  • +1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
    – KharoBangdo
    1 hour ago















You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
– iandotkelly♦
1 hour ago




You got there just before with the very same map. @KharoBangdo ... spelling, particularly in the past was very flexible and not standardized.
– iandotkelly♦
1 hour ago












+1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
– KharoBangdo
1 hour ago




+1 great find. Although, 'u' can be replaced with 'oo' for writing the word & still be the same phonetically. Anyways, if no one else comes up with a better answer, I'll accept this
– KharoBangdo
1 hour ago


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