<P> The 1940 Lahore Resolution of the All - India Muslim League demanded sovereignty for the Muslim - majority areas in the northwest and northeast of India, which came to be called' Pakistan' in popular parlance and the remaining India came to be called' Hindustan' . The British officials too picked up the two terms and started using them officially . </P> <P> However, this naming did not meet the approval of Indian leaders due to the implied meaning of' Hindustan' as the land of Hindus . They insisted that the new Dominion of India should be called' India', not' Hindustan' . Probably for the same reason, the name' Hindustan' did not receive official sanction of the Constituent Assembly of India, whereas' Bharat' was adopted as an official name . It was recognised however that' Hindustan' would continue to be used unofficially . </P>

Who coined the term hindustan in the 13th century and which areas were covered under it