Delhi's Aurangzeb Lane renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Road

Delhi’s Aurangzeb Lane in the Lutyens has been changed to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road and the new signboard was unveiled in the capital on Thursday (July 6).

The rechristened lane connects the Abdul Kalam Road with Prithvi Raj Road in central Delhi.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) workers displayed the signboard bearing the name of India’s 11th president.

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According to an official, the NDMC approved the renaming of the lane in a meeting of its members on June 28. The council changed the erstwhile Aurangzeb Road named after the 17th-century Mughal ruler to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road in August 2015.

NDMC vice chairman Satish Upadhyay last week had also announced that the council approved the renaming of Aurangzeb Lane under the NDMC area as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lane.

“To respect the sentiments of people, the need to recognise and honour great men and women of our times, roads/ streets/ institutions have been re-named in the past,” it read.