Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Change in Names of Cities
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 65

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2018/AGRAHAYANA 20, 1940 (SAKA)

CHANGE IN NAMES OF CITIES

65. SHRI G. HARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether many proposals of the State Governments for change of names of cities and towns and villages are pending with the Government;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has given consent to renaming at least 25 towns and villages across the country during the past one year; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b) :  11 proposals received from State Governments for change of names of villages are pending in Ministry of Home Affairs. A list is at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d) :  The Ministry of Home Affairs has given its 'No objection' to rename 22 villages, towns and Railway Stations in the Country since December, 2017. A list is at Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I LSUSQN. 65 FOR 11.12.2018

List of proposals pending for approval.

1. Village  'Salemabad'  as  'Shrinimbark  Tirth'  in  District  Ajmer, Rajasthan.
2. Village 'Wansoi' as 'Wonthoi' in District Tuensang, Nagaland
3. Village 'Godwadi' as 'West Umbraj' in District Satara, Maharashtra.
4. Village 'Tamkong' as 'Tamkoang' in District Mon, Nagaland.
5. Village  'Lula  Ahir'  as  'Krishan  Nagar'  in  District  Rewari, Haryana.
6. Village  'Durjanpur'  as  'Shivdham'  in  District  Katni,  Madhya Pradesh.
7. Villages ' Mohammadpura' as  'Meri Ka Khera', 'Nawabpura' as  '  Nai  Sarthal'  and  'Rampura  Azampura'    as  'Sitaramji  Ka Khera' of   District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
8. Village  'Bal  Ragdan'  as  Bal  'Rajputan'  in  District  Karnal, Haryana.
9. Village 'Old Mangkhi' as 'Mungankhyun' in District Tuensang, Nagaland.
10. Village 'Kutia Kheri' as 'Veerpur' in District Hisar, Haryana.
11. Village 'Chor Baori' as 'Vijay Baori' in District Udaipur, Rajasthan.

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## Annexure-II (LSUSQN. 65 FOR 11.12.2018)

## List of Villages given 'No objection' to rename

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Village                                                                           | State          | NOC issued on   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Village 'Arikkod' as 'Areekode' in District Malappura                                         | Kerala         | 15.12.2017      |
|         2 | Village 'Laxman Garh(Adawala)' as 'Adawala' in District Rajasamand.                           | Rajasthan      | 01.02.2018      |
|         3 | Village 'Landgewadi' as 'Narsinhagaon' in District Sangali.                                   | Maharashtra    | 01.02.2018      |
|         4 | Village 'Samphur' as 'Sanphure' in District Kiphire.                                          | Nagaland       | 01.02.2018      |
|         5 | Village 'Pindari' as 'Pandu-Pindara' in District Jind.                                        | Haryana        | 01.02.2018      |
|         6 | 'Robertsganj' Railway Station as 'Sonbhadra' Railway Station in District Sonbhadra.           | Uttar Pradesh  | 23.03.2018      |
|         7 | 'Gulbarga' Railway Station as 'Kalaburagi' Railway Station in District Gulbarga.              | Karnataka      | 23.03.2018      |
|         8 | 'Panki' Railway Station as 'Panki Dham' Railway Station in District Kanpur.                   | Uttar Pradesh  | 04.04.2018      |
|         9 | Village 'Ismailpur' as 'Pichanwa Khurd' in District Jhunjhunu.                                | Rajasthan      | 11.04.2018      |
|        10 | Village 'Miyon Ka Bara' as 'Maheshnagar' in District Barmer                                   | Rajasthan      | 09.05.2018      |
|        11 | 'MUGHAL SARAI' Railway Station as ' Pt. DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA JUNCTION' in District Chandauli. | Uttar Pradesh  | 15.05.2018      |
|        12 | Village 'Narpara' to 'Narpura' in District Jalore                                             | Rajasthan      | 15.06.2018      |
|        13 | Village 'Kalloor Vadakkum Muri' as 'Kadukutty' in District Trichur                            | Kerala         | 19.07.2018      |
|        14 | Town 'Nagar Untari' as 'Shri Banshidhar Nagar' in District Garhwa.                            | Jharkhand      | 29.08.2018      |
|        15 | Tilda Railway Station as Tilda-Neora in District Raipur.                                      | Chhattisgarh   | 29.08.2018      |
|        16 | Village 'Nakti' as 'Nayanpur' in District Satna                                               | Madhya Pradesh | 10.09.2018      |
|        17 | Village 'Pallikkara II' as 'Kottikulam' in District, Kasaragod.                               | Kerala.        | 28.09.2018      |
|        18 | Village 'Rasuiya Bhatan' as 'Radheynagar' in District Chhatarpur.                             | Madhya Pradesh | 28.09.2018.     |

|   19. | Town 'Birshingpur Pali' as 'Maa Birasini Dham' in District Umaria.   | Madhya Pradesh.   | 28.09.2018   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|    20 | Village 'Todi Kheri' as 'Sarna Kheri' in District Jind.              | Haryana           | 12.10.2018   |
|    21 | Village 'Nagewadi' as 'Nagnathnagar' of District Sangli.             | Maharashtra       | 05.12.2018.  |
|    22 | Village 'Khizrabad' as 'Pratap Nagar' in District Yamunanagar        | Haryana           | 05.12.2018.  |

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