This story is from June 29, 2021

Uttar Pradesh: Now, proposal to rename Jhansi railway station after Lakshmibai

After Allahabad and Mughalsarai, now there is a proposal to rename Jhansi railway station after the local warrior queen Laxmibai, the leading figure of India's first war of independence in 1857.
Uttar Pradesh: Now, proposal to rename Jhansi railway station after Lakshmibai
LUCKNOW: After Allahabad and Mughalsarai, now there is a proposal to rename Jhansi railway station after the local warrior queen Laxmibai, the leading figure of India's first war of independence in 1857.
The Jhansi DM confirmed to TOI that a proposal in this regard has been sent to the state government. According to highly placed sources in the government, the proposal is likely to be forwarded to the Centre soon for further action.
"The local MP had recommended the change of the name of the railway station.
We have given consent on the name-change and sent it to the state government,” the Jhansi DM Andre Wamsi confirmed to TOI.
Jhansi MP Anurag Sharma told TOI that the proposal to rename the railway station was mooted about two years ago during a Railways zonal meeting, adding "the proposal was made in the presence of people's representative of Bundelkhand region."
"The decision was mentioned in the minutes of the meeting and now has gone to the state government for its views," Sharma added.
According to sources in Lucknow, acting on the proposal, the state government has decided to send it to the Central government for further action.
After coming to power in 2017, the BJP government has changed names of three prominent places -- Allahabad, Mughalsarai and Faizabad. Allahabad is now Prayagraj, Mughalsarai is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar and Faizabad is Ayodhya.

While names of Allahabad and Mughalsarai railway stations were also changed, Ayodhya Junction railway station already exists. Unlike Allahabad and Faizabad, there is no proposal to change the name of the city in case of Jhansi.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has been indicating that the state government would go ahead with the name-change wherever it found necessary.
“We did what we felt was good. We renamed Mughalsarai after Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Allahabad as Prayagraj and Faizabad as Ayodhya. Where there is a need, the government will take the steps required,” the CM had said in 2018.
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