12 cities in Karnataka State to have new names from 1/11/2014
It
is now official. The State capital has shed its anglicised name
Bangalore. It will be called by a name with a distinct local flavour:
Bengaluru.
On
the eve of the 59th Karnataka Rajyotsava, the Government on Friday
issued a special gazette notification to change the names of 12 cities
and towns.
The
changes will come into effect from November 1, 2014, said the
notification, which spells the changed names in both Devanagari and
Roman (English) scripts, and Kannada. The Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
announced the change of names at his home office ‘Krishna’.
The
Union Ministry of Home Affairs gave its approval saying “it has no
objection to the change of names”, eight years after the State
government sent the proposal following a suggestion by the late U.R.
Ananthamurthy, Jnanpith award winner. Law and Parliamentary Affairs
Minister T.B. Jayachandra said, “We have changed the names. It is now
left to institutions and government bodies to make suitable changes.”
Several firms and TV channels have been using the new name.
Some of the other cities that have been renamed over the years:
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
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