The Aligarh Municipal Company has unanimously handed a decision to rename Aligarh as Harigarh and can now ship the proposal to the state authorities for approval. Aligarh mayor Prashant Singhal the identify change has been a long-standing demand from Aligarh. If Aligarh’s identify is modified to Harigarh, it’ll be a part of the record of cities whose names have been modified by the UP authorities –Allahabad has been renamed to Prayagraj, Mughal Sarai is Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar and Faizabad’s identify was modified to Ayodhya.
In 2021, Aligarh Zila Panchayat handed a decision in search of to rename Aligarh as Harigarh. In response to reviews the demand to vary Aligarh’s identify goes so long as the Nineteen Seventies because the Aligarh unit of the then Hana Sangh get together needed it to rename as Harigarh. A number of VHP leaders claimed that Harigarh was the unique identify of the place as talked about in Hindu mythology.
In response to one account, the historic identify of Aligarh for the reason that thirteenth century CE has been ‘Kol’ or ‘Koil’. Within the 1740s CE Mughal commander Mirza Najaf renamed it Aligarh.
“In a gathering yesterday, a proposal was introduced to vary the identify of Aligarh to Harigarh. All councillors unanimously supported this. Now, this proposal will probably be despatched to the administration. I hope that the administration will take cognizance of this and fulfill our demand to vary the identify of Aligarh to Harigarh…This demand has been being raised for a very long time…,” the Aligarh mayor mentioned.