Hindu nationalist-led state changes Muslim name of Indian city.

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Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, headed by hardliner accused of violence against Muslims, to become Prayagraj

Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, has instigated a programme of Mughal-era name changes. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA
▼ An Indian city in a state led by a hardline Hindu nationalist preacher accused of instigating  violenceagainst Muslims has had its Muslim name changed to one with Hindu associations.
The state cabinet in Uttar Pradesh announced on Tuesday that it had approved the renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj, which harks back to the city’s ancient appellation, Prayag, before it was changed by Mughal-era rulers in the late 16th century.
Prayag in Sanskrit means place for sacrifice, in reference to the Hindu belief that the creator of the universe, Brahma, made his first offering at the area in the city where the Ganges and  Yamuna riversmeet.
The Uttar Pradesh health minister, Siddharth Nath Singh, told local media: “The city used to be known as Prayagraj since the beginning. To those who are opposing the decision, how would you feel if the name your parents gave you was to be changed?”
The city, about 400 miles (650km) south-east of the Indian capital, Delhi, is the ancestral home of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, which has produced three Indian prime ministers, including the country’s first, Jawarharlal Nehru.
It is also the site of one of India’s Kumbh melas – mass Hindu pilgrimages that are considered to be among the world’s largest religious festivals. The most recent was held in the city in 2013 and attended by an estimated 100 million worshippers. (▪ ▪ ▪)

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soothsayer

Thought people should be getting more innovative and productive rather than applying their brains to go about changing names of towns and cities. will end up confusing everybody

parivijesh100

Correction to history wrongs doings is must. Our country has very rich heitage.  We were slave by ousiders for hundreds of year & tried to change our history & heritage.

asankhla

This is sort of fun.Pakistan wants to blot out history before the muslims got here.We Indians want to block off history after the muslims got here till independence!Wonder who,s smarter!