Why I danced when I found out Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road was being renamed after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
9 years, 6 months ago

Why I danced when I found out Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road was being renamed after Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Firstpost  

As an Indian Muslim born in Pakistan, I first visited India in 2013 and was shocked to see the name Aurangzeb adorn one of the most majestic streets of India’s capital. Then came news of the death of India’s most loved president, the Muslim from the country’s deep south who lived in a state of Islam, not the Islamic State, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. On 29 June, I took to Twitter and urged Indians to ask their governments to change the name from Aurangzeb to APJ Abdul Kalam Road. Yesterday, I was woken by phone calls from friends in India with the news that the New Delhi Municipal Corporation had decided to change the name of Aurangzeb Road to APJ Abdul Kalam Road.

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How Aurangzeb has been a controversial figure in India's political sphere
6 days, 18 hours ago

How Aurangzeb has been a controversial figure in India's political sphere

India Today  

Aurangzeb has been a deeply polarising figure in Maharashtra and controversies surrounding the Mughal ruler keep cropping up in the state's political discourse frequently. People gather near charred remains of two-wheelers at Hansapuri area CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING AURANGZEB March 17, 2025: Nagpur witnessed violent clashes between two communities, leaving more than 30 people injured, hours after Hindu outfits held a protest …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Fix today’s problems first, stop dwelling on the past
2 years ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Fix today’s problems first, stop dwelling on the past

Deccan Chronicle  

That India has fault lines is no secret. The petition asked for a commission to rename historical places and cities in India now named after “foreign barbaric invaders”. It said: “The Cause of Action accrued on 29.1.2023, when Mughal Garden was renamed as Amrit Garden but government did nothing to rename the roads named after invaders like Babur Road, Humayun …

Delhi BJP Demands Renaming of Roads Named After Mughal Emperors in Lutyen's Area
2 years, 10 months ago

Delhi BJP Demands Renaming of Roads Named After Mughal Emperors in Lutyen's Area

News 18  

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Tuesday demanded New Delhi Municipal Council to change the names of half a dozen streets bearing names of Mughal emperors and rename them after Maharshi Valmiki, Maharana Pratap, General Bipin Rawat, and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The demand by Gupta comes days after a proposal was sent by the Delhi BJP to the Kejriwal …

Rename roads named after Mughal emperors in Delhi: BJP
2 years, 10 months ago

Rename roads named after Mughal emperors in Delhi: BJP

Firstpost  

The demand by Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta comes days after a proposal was sent by the Delhi BJP to the Kejriwal government urging it to rename 40 villages including Humayunpur, Yusuf Sarai, Begumpur, Saidul Ajab, Hauz Khas New Delhi: Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Tuesday demanded New Delhi Municipal Council to change the names of half a dozen …

Sangh heaps praise on Aurangzeb’s brother Dara Shikoh
5 years, 6 months ago

Sangh heaps praise on Aurangzeb’s brother Dara Shikoh

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Mughal emperor Aurangzeb could be one of the saffron camp’s biggest villains but the Sangh is all praises for his brother Dara Shikoh, who for them was a “devout Muslim who made efforts to understand the real Hindustan.” Asking why there is a fear among Muslims in India, whose population is in crores while Jains, Buddhists, Jews and …

Renaming spree: Erasing Muslim heritage
6 years, 4 months ago

Renaming spree: Erasing Muslim heritage

The Quint  

By Amulya Ganguli Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has lived up to his reputation as a Hindutva hawk. Although the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, argued at a three-day conclave in Delhi that Hindutva is incomplete without Muslims -- thereby acknowledging the country's multi-religious identity, which is the secular camp's view -- Adityanath's acts show that the case for accommodation …

Renaming India's history: Yogi Adityanath's selective obliteration of past surpasses deeds of post-Partition Pakistan
6 years, 4 months ago

Renaming India's history: Yogi Adityanath's selective obliteration of past surpasses deeds of post-Partition Pakistan

Firstpost  

That’s the worldview of Adityanath, who famously declared that the Taj Mahal is not part of his heritage. Leaders like these, and we have a surfeit of them today, are no different from the residents of the new state of Pakistan, who, 71 years ago, couldn’t bear to have in their city, a garden named after “the enemy’s deity.” Now, …

BJP leader requests PM Modi to rename Babur Road as Lt Ummer Fayaz Road
7 years, 10 months ago

BJP leader requests PM Modi to rename Babur Road as Lt Ummer Fayaz Road

Op India  

Lt Ummer Fayaz, who was a newly commissioned officer in the Indian Army, was abducted by terrorists on 9th May while he was attending a cousin’s wedding in South Kashmir’s Shopian district and his bullet ridden body was found the next day. As announced by him on Twitter, he has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Delhi’s MP Meenakshi …

Address update for PM’s residence: Race Course Road is now Lok Kalyan Marg
8 years, 6 months ago

Address update for PM’s residence: Race Course Road is now Lok Kalyan Marg

Hindustan Times  

The landmark 7 RCR, the official address of India’s Prime Minister, is history. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday approved renaming the Race Course Road in New Delhi as Lok Kalyan Marg. New Delhi MP Meenkashi Lekhi had earlier submitted a proposal to the NDMC to rename the road based on the philosophy of BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay …

Rishi Kapoor is right! Let us start the renaming project with Taj Mahal
8 years, 10 months ago

Rishi Kapoor is right! Let us start the renaming project with Taj Mahal

Firstpost  

It would be immoral and opportunistic of us to be ashamed of an Akbar Road, get embarrassed by an Aurangabad and simultaneously feel proud of the Taj Mahal Let us rename the Taj Mahal immediately. In fact, it would be immoral and opportunistic of us to be ashamed of an Akbar Road, get embarrassed by an Aurangabad and simultaneously feel …

Delhi High Court: Public not aggrieved by renaming of Aurangzeb Road
9 years, 5 months ago

Delhi High Court: Public not aggrieved by renaming of Aurangzeb Road

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking to restrain the civic body New Delhi Municipal Council from renaming Aurangzeb Road after APJ Abdul Kalam in the National Capital. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking to restrain the civic body New Delhi Municipal Council …

Pakistani journalist suggested renaming Aurangzeb Road: Venkaiah Naidu
9 years, 6 months ago

Pakistani journalist suggested renaming Aurangzeb Road: Venkaiah Naidu

India TV News  

New Delhi: The suggestion for renaming Delhi's Aurangzeb Road after APJ Abdul Kalam had not come from VHP or Bajrang Dal, but from a Pakistan-born Muslim journalist, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday and added that he no longer felt "shy" while giving his address. The Parliamentary Affairs Minister said earlier he used to feel shy when he …

Names people play
9 years, 6 months ago

Names people play

Deccan Chronicle  

Generally speaking, this writer does not support name changes for streets and cities. Left to myself, I would have renamed Aurangzeb Road after Dara Shikoh, the more worthy of Shah Jahan’s sons, the heir-apparent so cruelly killed by Aurangzeb for the prize of the Peacock Throne. Those who criticise the removal of Aurangzeb’s name from a street contend that this …

Muslim outfits oppose naming Aurangzeb Road in Delhi after APJ Abdul Kalam
9 years, 6 months ago

Muslim outfits oppose naming Aurangzeb Road in Delhi after APJ Abdul Kalam

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Muslim outfits on Monday objected New Delhi Municipal Council’s decision to rename Aurangzeb Road after late President APJ Abdul Kalam, terming it as a “deliberate” move that is “likely to set the trend of rechristening other cities/streets distorting history”. This is because soon after the road was named after Abdul Kalamji, Shiv Sena said it will change the …

Neither BJP, nor AAP: It was Tarek Fatah who first suggested renaming Aurangzeb Road
9 years, 6 months ago

Neither BJP, nor AAP: It was Tarek Fatah who first suggested renaming Aurangzeb Road

Firstpost  

After a green signal from the New Delhi Municipal Council on Friday, Aurangzeb Road in Lutyen’s Delhi will soon be known as APJ Abdul Kalam Road. Aurangzeb road begins at the Taj Mansingh hotel near India Gate and joins Safdarjung Road near the official residence of the Prime Minister. Reports also suggested that BJP MP Maheish Girri had also written …

Delhi's Aurangzeb Road will be renamed after APJ Abdul Kalam
9 years, 6 months ago

Delhi's Aurangzeb Road will be renamed after APJ Abdul Kalam

Firstpost  

Aurangzeb Road in Lutyen’s Delhi will soon be known as APJ Abdul Kalam Road with the New Delhi Municipal Council on Friday giving its nod in this regard. New Delhi: Aurangzeb Road in Lutyen’s Delhi will soon be known as APJ Abdul Kalam Road with the New Delhi Municipal Council on Friday giving its nod in this regard. NDMC jst …

BJP MP Maheish Girri urges Modi to rename road after Abdul Kalam - IndiaTV News
9 years, 7 months ago

BJP MP Maheish Girri urges Modi to rename road after Abdul Kalam - IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: BJP MP Maheish Girri has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider renaming Delhi's Aurangzeb Road after former President A P J Abdul Kalam to correct "wrongs" of history. Girri has written a letter to the Prime Minister in this regard saying the move would be a fitting tribute to the memory of Kalam, widely regarded as the …

Pak court stays Bhagat Singh chowk renaming
12 years, 3 months ago

Pak court stays Bhagat Singh chowk renaming

India TV News  

Lahore, Nov 28: A Pakistani court today extended by three weeks a stay on a move to rename a traffic roundabout in Lahore after legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh of the Lahore High Court extended the stay after the Punjab government and the Lahore city district government failed to submit their responses to a petition challenging …

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