The word "Hindustani" is an adjective used to denote a connection to India, or, more precisely, the historical region that encompasses Northern India, Pakistan, and nearby areas. The Mughal Empire and its predecessor sultanate were also referred to as Hindustan, or Salthanat-e-Hind. The Mughal Empire (Urdu: مغل باد شاÛ, Mughal Baadshah, alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by the Turco-Persian leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... The Delhi Sultanate, or Sulthanath-e-Hind/Sulthanath-e-Dilli refers to the various dynasties that ruled in India from 1210 to 1526. ... Hindustan may relate to any of these Considered to be a word derived from Hindustanam(Sanskrit) The definision is [Sanskrit]:Himaalayam samaarabhya yaavath hindu sarovaram tham deva nirmitham desam hindustaanam prachakshate. ...
'Hindustani' also can be used specifically to identify the ethnic identity of native Hindi speaking peoples, particularly those from the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, formally a part of the "United Provinces" during the British rule in the subcontinent during which people were identified in this region as "Hindustanis".
The genre and classical music from the northern part of India and Pakistan.
A person to with cultural or ethnic/genetic roots in the Indian subcontinent. (e.g. A West Indian with such roots might describe his ethnicity by saying he is Hindustani.)
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Hindustani tradition extends all the way from Kashmir in the north, Punjab in the west to Bengal / Assam in the east, Maharashtra / north Karnataka in the south.
Before independence (and division of the sub continent), Hindustani was equally strong in present day Pakistan and Bangladesh, though the tradition has weakened in the last half a century in those coutries.
Carnatic tradition is mainly found in the four southern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
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