Country-code top-level domainsDNSSEC
Overview
- .ভাৰত is an internationalized country-code top-level domain (IDN ccTLD) representing India.
- Script and language: expressed in Bengali (Bangla) script and used in the Assamese language.
- Meaning & pronunciation: “ভাৰত” is pronounced “Bharat” and translates to “India”.
- IDNA / Punycode: represented as xn--45br5cyl under ASCII-compatible encoding.
- Unicode code points: U+09AD U+09BE U+09F0 U+09A4.
- Registry: National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).
- Implemented: April 18, 2016.
History
- Delegation and implementation: .ভাৰত was implemented on April 18, 2016 and is managed by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI).
- The domain was delegated as part of the set of IDN ccTLDs representing India; IANA has reported on the delegation of multiple India-language TLDs to NIXI.
Usage and Audience
- Target audience: websites and organizations representing India in Bengali script and the Assamese language.
- Use case: enables domain names in native Bengali/Assamese script for Indian entities and communities.
Registration Rules
- IDN support: Yes (the string is an Internationalized Domain Name encoded as xn--45br5cyl).
- Script/characters: uses Bengali (Bangla) script; specific Assamese-language character policies are provided by the registry.
- Registry resources: see the .IN Registry and NIXI for policy documents and language-specific rules (for Assamese policies: https://registry.in/system/files/INTERNATIONALIZED%20DOMAIN%20NAMES-ASSAMESE.pdf).
Operator
National Internet eXchange of India
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: ভাৰত domain-ace: XN--45BR5CYL organisation: National Internet eXchange of India address: 6C, 6D, 6E Hansalaya Building 15, Barakhamba Road address: New Delhi 110 001 address: India contact: administrative name: Rajiv Kumar organisation: National Internet eXchange of India address: 6C, 6D, 6E Hansalaya Building 15, Barakhamba Road address: New Delhi 110 001 address: India phone: +91 11 4820 2011 fax-no: +91 11 4820 2013 e-mail: registry@nixi.in contact: technical name: Rajiv Kumar organisation: National Internet eXchange of India address: 6C, 6D, 6E Hansalaya Building 15, Barakhamba Road address: New Delhi 110 001 address: India phone: +91 11 4820 2011 fax-no: +91 11 4820 2013 e-mail: rajiv@nixi.in nserver: NS01.TRS-DNS.COM 2620:57:4001:0:0:0:0:1 64.96.1.1 nserver: NS01.TRS-DNS.NET 2620:57:4002:0:0:0:0:1 64.96.2.1 nserver: NS10.TRS-DNS.INFO 2620:171:812:1534:8:0:0:1 64.78.204.1 nserver: NS10.TRS-DNS.ORG 2620:171:813:1534:8:0:0:1 64.78.205.1 ds-rdata: 23186 13 2 5f774b0898c4971293f83f2a305d5d6ebfaa90ee926800f76336552e64c12c77 whois: whois.nixiregistry.in status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: https://registry.in created: 2016-04-18 changed: 2025-07-17 source: IANA