Historically, the term “Hindustan” is usually applied to the Ganges Plain of North India, between the Himalayas in the north used to indicate the lands “north of the Vindhya Range" as well.[6] During the Turkic-Afghan invasions of 11th-13th centuries, Muslims started to call Northern part of sub-continent as 'Hindustan', because they encountered people who were 'hindus'.
Further, it may relate to various aspects belonging to three geographical areas: the modern Republic of India, the Indian subcontinent during medieval times, or a region in northern India, east and south of the Yamuna river, between the Vindhya mountains and the Himalayas whereHindustani languages are spoken.
Hindustani is sometimes also used as an ethnic term applied to South Asia. (e.g., a Surinamese man with roots in South Asia might describe his ethnicity by saying he is Hindustani.) For example, Hindoestanen is a Dutch word used to describe people of South Asian origin, in Netherlands and Suriname. In Pakistan, the term 'Hindustani' is used for Urdu-speaking people generally and specifically for Karachi and Hyderabad, who migrated from India during the partition of 1947.
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