For
changing the names of villages, towns/cities, railway stations etc., the proposals
received from the respective State Government are considered in the Union Ministry
of Home Affairs (MHA) in consultation with the agencies concerned. Thereafter,
if found appropriate, the MHA conveys its ‘No Objection’ to the State
Government concerned for issuing required Gazette Notification.
The MHA has given its ‘No Objection’ for
change of names of 12 cities recently in the State of Karnataka as per list
given below:
|
Sl.No.
|
Old
name of the city /town
|
New
name of the city/town
|
|
1.
|
BANGALORE
|
BENGALURU
|
|
2.
|
MANGALORE
|
MANGALURU
|
|
3.
|
BELLARY
|
BALLARI
|
|
4.
|
BIJAPUR
|
VIJAYAPURA
OR VIJAPURA
|
|
5.
|
BELGAUM
|
BELAGAVI
|
|
6.
|
CHIKMAGALUR
|
CHIKKAMAGALURU
|
|
7.
|
GULBARGA
|
KALABURAGI
|
|
8.
|
MYSORE
|
MYSURE
|
|
9.
|
HOSPET
|
HOSAPETE
|
|
10.
|
SHIMOGA
|
SHIVAMOGGA
|
|
11.
|
HUBLI
|
HUBBALLI
|
|
12.
|
TUMKUR
|
TUMAKURU
|
The MHA has issued guidelines for
changing names of cities/towns etc. If any proposal is received from any State
fulfilling these guidelines, this Ministry accords its ‘No Objection’ to such
change of name.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home
Affairs Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in a written reply to Shri Keshav
Prasad Maurya in the Lok Sabha today.
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