Lucknow, Nov 7: After the names of several railway stations and districts got changed in Uttar Pradesh, now changing the name of an important district of the state has come to light. The Aligarh Municipal Corporation has proposed to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh.

This proposal has been passed by the Municipal Corporation. Giving information on the proposal to change the name of Aligarh, Aligarh Mayor Prashant Singhal said, "Yesterday in a meeting a proposal to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh was presented. All the councillors unanimously supported it."

 

He informed that the proposal will be sent to the administration. "I hope that the administration will take cognisance of this and fulfill our demand to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh. This demand has been raised for a long time."

 

 

Giving further information, Aligarh Mayor Prashant Singhal said, "We have been raising this demand for a long time by all the public representatives of Aligarh, taking forward our old civilization, culture and tradition of our Sanatan Dharma. It is coming and now its proposal is being passed in different boards and being sent to the administration so that it can be approved by the government soon and Aligarh can be known as Harigarh very soon."