A day after a resolution to rename Aligarh as Harigarh was passed in the Municipal Corporation, the Mayor on Tuesday said that a proposal will be sent to the State government for approval.
“In the meeting held on Monday, a proposal was presented to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh. Councillors unanimously supported the proposal. Now, it will be sent to the government. I hope that the administration will take cognizance and fulfill our demand. It is a long standing demand,” said Aligarh Mayor Prashant Singhal.
If Aligarh’s name is changed to Harigarh, it will join the list of places whose names were changed by the Uttar Pradesh government in the recent past. Allahabad was renamed as Prayagraj, Mughal Sarai to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar and Faizabad was changed to Ayodhya. The demand to rename Aligarh dates several decades back with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) raising the demand since 1980s, claiming as per Hindu mythology the place is Harigarh.
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