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Why river Ganga is englishised as Ganges ?
Asked by vishwabandhubajpai,
31 May '12 05:48 am
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English people changed many pronunciations and this is one among them..
Answered by anantharaman, 31 May '12 10:44 am
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I thinkm the word Ganga was difficult to pronouce for britishers so then name it ganges
Answered by rajan, 31 May '12 09:07 am
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It is a big river made innumerable streams and subsidiaries right from its source; so it was named as such by erstwhile britishers , I suppose. Now it is accepted as Ganga in english and rarely ganges is used. Isn't it?
Answered by Om Shrivastava, 31 May '12 06:44 am
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