Aligarh Muslim College. PTI file
The Aligarh Nagar Nigam has handed a decision that may formally change the title of town to ‘Harigarh’.
The decision, which was handed on Monday, might be despatched to the Uttar Pradesh authorities for consideration, stated BJP corporator Sanjay Pandit, who moved the proposal on this regard.
An identical decision was handed two years in the past by the District Panchayat whereas this 12 months some senior members raised the problem to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath throughout his go to to Aligarh in August.
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Aligarh, which homes the well-known Aligarh Muslim College, was earlier referred to as Ramgarh, in line with the UP authorities web site.
Within the mid-1700s, town was renamed Aligarh after its most vital fort.
The primary try to alter the title of Aligarh was made by former chief minister Kalyan Singh in 1992 however he couldn’t succeed as there was a Congress authorities on the Centre.
In 2015, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad had additionally pushed for recognition of the truth that Aligarh’s unique title was ‘Harigarh’.
The Yogi Adityanth authorities has already modified the title of Faizabad district to Ayodhya, Allahabad to Prayagraj and rechristened Mughalsarai Junction as Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Junction.
With inputs from PTI