Centre gives approval for renaming 7 cities, towns.

July 20, 2022

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha that a proposal has also been received from the West Bengal government for renaming the state as ‘Bangla’ in all three languages – Bengali, English and Hindi.
The Centre has given its nod for renaming seven cities and towns, including Allahabad to Prayagraj, in the last five years.
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 Pradeshto Rajamahendravaram was given on August 3, 2017.
Approval for changing the name of Nagar Untari in Jharkhand to Shri Banshidhar Nagar was given in August 2018.
Clearance was also given to change 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.
Approval to change name of Punjab’s Shri Hargobindpur city to Shri Hargobindpur Sahib was given in March 2022.