THE Central government has renamed Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as 'Sri Vijaya Puram', Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday.
"Inspired by the vision of PM @narendramodi Ji, to free the nation from the colonial imprints, today we have decided to rename Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram," Shah said in a post on micro-blogging site X.
While the earlier name had a colonial legacy, Sri Vijaya Puram symbolises the victory achieved in India's freedom struggle and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands' unique role in it, the minister said.
The city was named after Captain Archibald Blair, a British colonial navy officer of the East India Company.
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