The Jhansi railway station, which is a significant railway junction within the metropolis of Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand area, shall be renamed as Veerangana Lakshmi Bai railway station. The Centre has sought an expeditious reply on this regard from the Uttar Pradesh Government.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Government stating there was a suggestion to rename the Jhansi railway station as Veerangana Lakshmi Bai railway station.
The letter was written by Lalita T. Hedaoo, Under Secretary within the MHA, states that communiqué was despatched to the state authorities earlier too however there was no response but.
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The letter addressed to Bhagwan Swaroop, Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, states {that a} first letter was despatched on August 13, 2020, and subsequent reminders had been despatched dated October 1, 2020, and January 14, 2021.
Earlier, the Uttar Pradesh Government had cleared altering the title of the Dandupur railway station, positioned between Pratapgarh Badshahpur on the Varanasi railway part, as Maa Barahi Devi Dham.
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This follows final 12 months’s resolution to rename 4 railway stations in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj in a transfer aimed toward reviving the traditional metropolis’s id.
