NEW DELHI: The central authorities on Friday introduced to rename Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar as “Sri Vijaya Puram” in an effort to shed the “colonial legacy“.
Union dwelling minister Amit Shah, whereas sharing the federal government’s determination, stated “Andaman & Nicobar Islands have an unparalleled place in our freedom battle and historical past.”
“Impressed by the imaginative and prescient of PM Narendra Modi Ji, to free the nation from the colonial imprints, as we speak we’ve determined to rename Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram,” Shah wrote on X.
He stated that Vijaya Puram “symbolises the victory achieved in our freedom battle and the A&N Islands’ distinctive position in the identical”.
The house minister stated the island territory that “as soon as served because the naval base of the Chola Empire is as we speak poised to be the vital base for our strategic and improvement aspirations”.
“Additionally it is the place that hosted the primary unfurling of our Tiranga by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Ji and in addition the mobile jail through which Veer Savarkar Ji and different freedom fighters struggled for an unbiased nation,” Shah wrote on X.
In 2018, PM Modi renamed three islands of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago as a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep, Modi stated throughout a speech amidst thunderous applause from the viewers right here. The three islands are main vacationer spots.
Union dwelling minister Amit Shah, whereas sharing the federal government’s determination, stated “Andaman & Nicobar Islands have an unparalleled place in our freedom battle and historical past.”
“Impressed by the imaginative and prescient of PM Narendra Modi Ji, to free the nation from the colonial imprints, as we speak we’ve determined to rename Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram,” Shah wrote on X.
He stated that Vijaya Puram “symbolises the victory achieved in our freedom battle and the A&N Islands’ distinctive position in the identical”.
The house minister stated the island territory that “as soon as served because the naval base of the Chola Empire is as we speak poised to be the vital base for our strategic and improvement aspirations”.
“Additionally it is the place that hosted the primary unfurling of our Tiranga by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Ji and in addition the mobile jail through which Veer Savarkar Ji and different freedom fighters struggled for an unbiased nation,” Shah wrote on X.
In 2018, PM Modi renamed three islands of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago as a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
The Ross Island was renamed as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, the Neil Island as Shaheed Dweep and the Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep, Modi stated throughout a speech amidst thunderous applause from the viewers right here. The three islands are main vacationer spots.
