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  • Madhya Pradesh: Motion to rename Hoshangabad as Narmadapuram approved

    By PTI
    BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a private motion seeking renaming of Hoshangabad district as Narmadapuram.

    Moving the motion, Hoshangabad MLA Sitasharan Sharma said people were demanding for the last 50 years that the district on the banks of the Narmada be called Narmadapuram.

    Sharma said Hushang Shah Gauri, after whom the area is named, came there in the 14th century, adding that his mausoleum was not in Hoshangabad but in Mandu in Dhar district.

    He also said the place was known as Narmadapuram in the 7th century till 1199.

    BJP MLA Vijaypal Singh said Hushang Shah was a looter and the district should be renamed, while the motion moved by Sharma was endorsed by party colleagues Thakur Das Nagvanshi and Premshanker Kunjilal Verma.

    Senior Congress MLA PC Sharma supported the motion and said efforts should be made to popularise Narmadapuram or else the renaming won’t serve any purpose.

    After Congress supported the motion when it was put forth by Speaker Girish Gautam for members’ consent, the latter announced it had been passed unanimously.

  • Hoshangabad to be renamed as Narmadapuram, says Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan

    By PTI
    BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that Hoshangabad city in the state would be renamed as Narmadapuram and a proposal to that effect would be sent to the Centre.

    He made the announcement during the Narmada Jayanti programme held in Hoshangabad on Friday evening.

    While addressing a gathering on the banks of Narmada, Chouhan asked whether the government should change the name of Hoshangabad, to which the people present there replied in the affirmative.

    “What should be the new name?” Chouhan asked, and the people replied, “Narmadapuram!” The chief minister then said, “We are now sending a proposal to the Centre to change the name of Hoshangabad as Narmadapuram.”

    The state government will not allow “cement-concrete structures” to be built along the Narmada river, he said, adding that sewage treatment plants are also being constructed in the cities located on its banks.

    Meanwhile, BJP workers, led by protem Assembly Speaker Rameshwar Sharma, expressed happiness over Chouhan’s announcement and burst firecrackers on Saturday morning.

    Sharma had earlier made the demand to change the name of Hoshangabad.

    “This is a historic moment. Narmada is the lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. Hoshangabad was so far named after an attacker Hoshang Shah, but will be known after the lifeline Maa Narmada, which is a matter of happiness. I thank the CM for making this announcement by respecting the public sentiments,” he said.

    State BJP president VD Sharma and several other leaders also thanked the chief minister for the decision.

    However, state Congress spokesman Bhupendra Gupta termed the announcement as the ruling BJP’s ploy to divert the attention of people from important issues like inflation and rising prices of fuel.

    “BJP only changed the names related to the Mughals, but not of those linked to the British rulers. Why the nameof Minto Hall (old Vidhan Sabha building) has not been changed? This is just to divert the attention. Instead, it should focus on development and give relief to people,” he said.