Port Blair is the entry level for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
New Delhi:
The Centre has renamed Port Blair, the capital metropolis of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to ‘Shri Vijaya Puram’ to “free the nation from colonial imprints”. Port Blair is the entry level for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The town was named after Captain Archibald Blair, a British colonial navy official of the East India Firm.
Dwelling Minister Amit Shah introduced the choice in a put up on X and stated, “Whereas the sooner title had a colonial legacy, Sri Vijaya Puram symbolises the victory achieved in our freedom battle and the A&N Islands’ distinctive function in the identical.”
Impressed by the imaginative and prescient of PM @narendramodi Ji, to free the nation from the colonial imprints, immediately we now have determined to rename Port Blair as “Sri Vijaya Puram.”
Whereas the sooner title had a colonial legacy, Sri Vijaya Puram symbolises the victory achieved in our freedom battle…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 13, 2024
“Andaman and Nicobar Islands have an unparalleled place in our freedom battle and historical past. The island territory that when served because the naval base of the Chola Empire is immediately poised to be the important base for our strategic and growth aspirations,” Mr Shah stated.
“Additionally it is the place that hosted the primary unfurling of our Tiranga by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Ji and likewise the mobile jail by which Veer Savarkar Ji and different freedom fighters struggled for an impartial nation,” the Dwelling Minister stated.
The town is standard for the notorious Mobile Jail Nationwide Memorial, which was as soon as a jail the place many freedom fighters and folks of different nationals have been imprisoned.
In July, Rashtrapati Bhavan’s iconic ‘Durbar Corridor’ and ‘Ashok Corridor’ have been renamed ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap’, respectively.
“There was a constant endeavour to make the atmosphere of the Rashtrapati Bhavan reflective of the Indian cultural values and ethos,” the President’s Secretariat stated.
Within the defence forces, the Centre, to shed colonial legacy, ended the follow of carrying batons by all Indian Navy personnel with speedy impact. The Indian Navy additionally modified its insignia as effectively which was impressed by the seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
