Renaming of 7 cities, towns cleared in last five years, says govt

In the last five years, the Centre gave its nod for renaming seven cities and towns, including Allahabad to Prayagraj, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday (July 19).

Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, said a proposal had been received from the West Bengal government for renaming the state as Bangla in all three languages, Bengali, English and Hindi.

While the No Objection Certificate (NOC) to change the name of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to Prayagraj was given on December 15, 2018, the NOC for changing the name of Rajahmundry city in Andhra Pradesh to Rajamahendravaram was given on August 3, 2017, he said replying to a written question.

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Approval for changing the name of Nagar Untari in Jharkhand to Shri Banshidhar Nagar was given in August 2018, he said.

The clearance was also given to change the names of Birshingpur Pali, Hoshangabad Nagar and Babai city, all three in Madhya Pradesh to Maa Birasini Dham (2018), Narmadapuram (2021) and Makhan Nagar (2021), respectively, the minister said.

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Approval to change the name of Punjab’s Shri Hargobindpur city to Shri Hargobindpur Sahib was given in March 2022, the minister added.

(With inputs from agencies)