As per the latest reports, the Center has supported the Madhya Pradesh government’s proposition to rename the Hoshangabad area as Narmadapuram and a Babai town as Makhan Nagar, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said.
Hoshangabad, which is situated on the southern banks of waterway Narmada, is 70 km from the state capital Bhopal. It is famous for its delightful ghats along the banks of the stream Narmada. A Satsang Bhavan on the bank of the waterway is consistently visited by Hindu holy people who hold religious talks on Ramcharitmanas and the Bhagavad Gita.
Prior it used to be called Narmadapur and was subsequently named Hoshangabad after Hoshang Shah Gori, the principal leader of the Malwa Sultanate.
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Hoshangabad locale was essential for the Nerbudda (Narmada) Division of the focal regions and Berar, which turned into the territory of Madhya Bharat, (later Madhya Pradesh) after India’s freedom in 1947.
Babai, a town in the Hoshangabad area, is the origin of Makhan Lal Chaturvedi, a popular Hindi artist, political dissident, and columnist, and hence it is presently named after him as “Narmadapuram”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-drove state government had reported designs to rename the area and the town on the event of Narmada Jayanti 2021 and a proposition was shipped off the Center for looking for its endorsement.
Chouhan on Thursday likewise offered his thanks towards the Center and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for tolerating the state’s solicitation. Subsequent to getting an endorsement from the Center, the state government will make an authoritative declaration of changing of names on the event of Narmada Jayanti this year.
“The city of Hoshangabad will presently be called ‘Narmadapuram’ from the promising day of the birth commemoration of waterway Narmada,” the Chief Minister said.
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