UP govt proposes renaming Jhansi railway station, says name it after Rani Lakshmibai 

The UP government has sent a proposal to the Centre to rename Jhansi railway station as 'Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station'.

The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed to rename the Jhansi railway station and call it 'Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station'. The state government has sent a proposal to the Union Home Ministry regarding this. This is not the first time that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has called for renaming a city. Earlier, Allahabad was renamed as Prayagraj, Faizabad was renamed as Ayodhya and the Mughalsarai Railway Station was renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Railway Station.