India aspires to be a developed nation, 'Viksit Bharat,' by 2047, a century after independence. The concept of a 'developed country' is often taken for granted, but historical economic theories and post-colonial discourse have framed it as a Western industrial model that others should emulate. This distinction, popularized by President Truman in 1949, became institutionalized by global bodies, setting the industrialized West as the universal benchmark for progress across all societal aspects.