Proposal now to change name of Miyaganj to Mayaganj in U.P.
The Hindu
The latest proposal to change the name of a place in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP government has come from Unnao where a gram panchayat has sought to shed the name ‘Miyaganj’ for ‘Mayaganj’.Miyan is a
The latest proposal to change the name of a place in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP government has come from Unnao where a gram panchayat has sought to shed the name ‘Miyaganj’ for ‘Mayaganj’. Miyan is a word used to address Muslim men in some cultures and as per the 1903 Unnao gazetteer, Miyaganj town was built in 1771 by Miyan Almas Ali Khan, a finance minister under Asaf-ud-Daulah and Sadat Ali Khan. The village was formerly called Bhopatpur. The proposal for the name change was first raised in a letter by Bamba Lal Diwakar, BJP MLA from Safipur seat in Unnao, on July 31 and passed by the local bodies.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.