Uttar Pradesh

• 04 Aug 2021

Proposal to Rename Jhansi Railway Station

Why in News

• On August 03, 2021, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha that the Uttar Pradesh government has sent a proposal to the Centre for renaming of the Jhansi railway station as "Veerangana Laxmibai railway station".

Key point

• An executive order is required to rename any village, town, city or a station, while an amendment of the Constitution with majority in Parliament is needed for changing the name of a state.
• Jhansi, situated on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, has been an important princely state of the Peshwas of Pune in northern India and a major stronghold of the First War of Independence of 1857.
• It is noteworthy that earlier in UP, the name of Mughalsarai railway station was renamed to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay station. Allahabad city has been named Prayagraj. Whereas Faizabad has been renamed Ayodhya.
• It is noteworthy that the Union Home Ministry gives a green signal to the proposal to change the name of any railway station or place after getting no objection from the Ministry of Railways, Department of Posts, and Survey of India.