Simply earlier than the 2019 Kumbh Mela, the state authorities modified the identify of Allahabad to Prayagraj.
Lucknow:
According to his allegiance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Panch Pran’ (5 pledges), which embrace eradicating vestiges of slavery from the face of India and respecting heritage amongst others, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has dropped a touch about altering the identify of Akbarpur.
“Uttering the identify of the town leaves a foul style within the mouth. Relaxation assured, all this stuff will change. We should eradicate all remnants of colonialism from our nation and honour our heritage,” the chief minister mentioned, in line with an official launch.
Past Akbarpur, altering the names of quite a few districts inside the state has been thought of, together with Aligarh, Azamgarh, Shahjahanpur, Ghaziabad, Firozabad, Farrukhabad, and Moradabad.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, after assuming workplace in 2017, has launched into a mission to eradicate symbols of historic subjugation.
This endeavour has seen quite a few roads, parks, intersections, and buildings within the state christened within the honour of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In Lucknow alone, one can traverse Atal Bihari Vajpayee Street, navigate by means of Atal Chauraha, entry the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Convention Centre, cross Atal Setu, and arrive at Atal Bihari Kalyan Mandap.
Moreover, the long-lasting Mughalsarai railway station, the fourth busiest junction within the nation, underwent a reputation change to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction.
Simply earlier than the 2019 Kumbh Mela, the state authorities rechristened Allahabad to Prayagraj, a transfer rooted in reclaiming the town’s historic identification.
Saints contend that the unique identify of this historic locale was Prayagraj, which the Mughals altered to ‘Allahabad’.
Concurrently, Faizabad was renamed Ayodhya, and the Jhansi railway station was additionally renamed after Rani Lakshmi Bai.
Not too long ago, the municipal our bodies of Aligarh handed a decision demanding the town’s renaming to Harigarh, whereas Firozabad was proposed to be renamed Chandra Nagar.
An analogous proposal was additionally made in Mainpuri, the place a requirement was made to vary the district’s identify to Mayapuri.
Minister of State for Secondary Training Gulab Devi has demanded that the identify of her house district, Sambhal, be modified to Prithviraj Nagar or Kalki Nagar. Former BJP MLA Devmani Dwivedi demanded that the Sultanpur district identify be modified to Kushbhawanpur. This metropolis was based by Kush, son of Lord Rama. BJP MLA from Deoband meeting seat of Saharanpur, Brajesh Singh, has additionally demanded that Deoband be modified to Devvrind.
Deoband is understood for the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, however it’s claimed that the place has been known as Devvrind in historical Hindu scriptures.
Equally, Alka Rai, former BJP MLA from the Mohammadabad seat of Ghazipur, has demanded that the identify of Ghazipur be modified to Gadhipuri.
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