Faizabad Railway Station was renamed as Ayodhya Cantt Railway Station in 2021. (Image: PTI/FILE)
In his letter Rajput has written that his constituency is situated between three rivers Ganga, Ramganga and Kali river and has a rich cultural history.
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Farrukhabad Mukesh Rajput has once again written a letter to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, demanding that the name of the district be changed to Panchal Nagar. The MP has given historical references in the letter in support of his demand.
In his letter Rajput has written that his constituency is situated between three rivers Ganga, Ramganga and Kali river and has a rich cultural history. “In ancient times this city was known as Panchal Kshetra as it was the capital of five kingdoms. Before the establishment of Farrukhabad, this place was also famous as Kanpil, Sankisa, Shringirampur and Shamshabad. Princess Draupadi’s swayamvara was held at Kanpil, which was also the capital of Drupada and even the army of King Drupada used to camp here. ,
The Farrukhabad MP further stated in his letter that the Mughal ruler Farrukhshiyar had renamed the place after him in 1714 “with the intention of destroying the Indian cultural heritage”. The MP had made a similar demand two years back.
Meanwhile, Faizabad railway station was renamed as Ayodhya Cantt railway station in 2021 ahead of the 2022 state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The request to change the name of Faizabad railway station was initially given by Lallu Singh, BJP MP from Ayodhya on October 15, 2020. The name of Faizabad railway station was changed to Ayodhya Cantt, after about three years the name of Faizabad district was changed to Ayodhya.
Earlier, the government had changed the name of Allahabad to Prayagraj after which Mughalsarai station was also named after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay. Meanwhile, BJP leaders have also raised the demand for renaming Aligarh to Harigarh, Agra to Agravan and Azamgarh to Aryamgarh and some other cities.
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