Lucknow, December 30: Taking a major step, the Yogi Adityanath led-government has renamed the Jhansi railway station as 'Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station'.The state government issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday.
The announcement was made by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday in a tweet in Hindi.'The Jhansi Railway station will now be known as 'Veerangana Lakshmibai Railway Station',” he wrote.
About three months back, the state government had sent a proposal to the Union Home Ministry regarding this. After the Centre accepted the proposal, Jhansi is the latest addition to the list.
A Jhansi Railway official said soon after orders from the Ministry of Railways in New Delhi necessary action is being taken to rename the railway station. The station code will be changed accordingly.
Earlier, Mughalsarai Railway Station was renamed Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Railway Station. Many cities were also renamed by the BJP-led state government. Since coming to power, the Adityanath government has changed the names of several establishments including those of Faizabad and Allahabad districts, which were renamed as Ayodhya and Prayagraj, respectively.
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