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  • ‘How many Muslims live here?’: UP’s Mustafabad should be renamed as Kabirdham, says CM Adityanath

    ‘How many Muslims live here?’: UP’s Mustafabad should be renamed as Kabirdham, says CM Adityanath

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 28, 2025 · 02:53 pm
  • Bhopal civic body seeks to rename three institutions named after last nawab Hamidullah Khan: Report

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    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 10, 2025 · 06:35 pm
  • Mumbai: Eight railway stations to be renamed

    Mumbai: Eight railway stations to be renamed

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 13, 2024 · 12:21 pm
  • A new book asks why a particular set of cities in India being renamed (and other related questions)

    A new book asks why a particular set of cities in India being renamed (and other related questions)

    Ziya Us Salam
    · Dec 12, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • Centre renaming historical places but delaying approval to rename West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

    Centre renaming historical places but delaying approval to rename West Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 14, 2018 · 05:14 pm
  • Elphinstone Road to Prabhadevi: Why is Mumbai  on a name-changing spree?

    Elphinstone Road to Prabhadevi: Why is Mumbai on a name-changing spree?

    Smruti Koppikar
    · Dec 18, 2016 · 09:00 am
  • So what if its name has changed? Bombay continues to live in the imagination (and signboards)

    So what if its name has changed? Bombay continues to live in the imagination (and signboards)

    Simin Patel
    · Feb 12, 2016 · 12:30 pm