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Indian PM Strips Islands Of British Colonial Names – And Renames Them After Freedom Fighter
Rechristening the islands is part of the enduring crusade by several provincial governments of changing the names of several towns and places with British and Muslim association.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rechristened three of the country’s island territories named after colonial officials, as part of a campaign by his Hindu nationalist government to disassociate itself from two centuries of British rule.