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Welcome to India, where the streets have four names

Illustration of a hand crossing out 'Aurangabad' and writing 'Chhaatrapati Sambhajinagar' underneath, and crossing out 'Mughalsarai' and writing 'Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar' underneath

2024-09-05  747  中等

After India became independent in 1947, its leaders set about building the nation. This involved a lot of coming up with new names and changing colonial ones. Their approach prized clarity over creativity. New institutes of technology were named Indian Institutes of Technology. A big northern state was renamed Uttar Pradesh, or Northern State.

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