Hyderabad will soon become Bhagyanagar

Modi government is making big strides towards recorrecting the names of cities which were deformed by Islamists in the past. The next round of reforming names is expected to witness Hyderabad becoming Bhagyanagar in official records.

RSS uses the word Bhagyanagar instead of Hyderabad

RSS and BJP have officially announced a coordination meeting of various affiliate groups. The meeting will be attended by chief functionaries of various organisations inspired by the Sangh’s social service. The 3-day meeting is scheduled to be held between January 5-7, 2022.

However, more than a meeting, the announcement of the meeting is hogging the media limelight. Announcing the meeting, RSS’s Twitter handle quoted Sunil Ambekar, a high ranking RSS functionary as saying, “The Samanvay Baithak (coordination meeting) of the chief functionaries of various organizations inspired by the RSS working in different areas of social life will be held from 5th to 7th Jan. 2022 at Bhagyanagar, Telangana”

Shri Ambekar clearly mentioned the name Bhagyanagar instead of Hyderabad. Since the meeting will be attended by heavyweights like RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat and BJP national president JP Nadda, words are going around in political circles that BJP and RSS will put a final stamp on changing Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar.

BJP leaders express their agreements

When queried about the issue Raosaheb Danve, BJP MP and minister of state for Railways said that no one should have any objection about renaming. Categorically stating that name of a place should reflect its cultural history and not invaders, Shri Danve said, “I feel foreigners who had invaded our country changed the old names (of various places) by hurting the sentiments of Hindus. In independent India, if we change their names again to respect our feelings, I feel there should be no objection in doing that.”

Similar sentiments were expressed by NV Subash, Telangana BJP leader. He announced that if BJP comes to power in 2023, they will change the name from Hyderabad to Bhagyanagar. In a statement to the media, he said, “Hyderabad city will be renamed as Bhagyanagar. Bhagya is a symbol of culture and development and it is not a communal name,”. Additionally, he also promised to name Golconda as Gollakonda and Hussain Sagar as Vinayak Sagar

Indresh Kumar attacks Mughal sympathisers

In a statement to Republic TV, Indresh Kumar, RSS leader took on Mughal sympathisers in India. He said that Mughals changed them only because they did not love our culture. “For many years, people have been calling Hyderabad ‘Bhagyanagar’. Now the question is, why was Ayodhya named as Faizabad, Why was Prayagraj named as Allahabad. There are several places in India where Mughals had renamed their names. It proves that Mughals did not love India, its people, and its culture.” he said.

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Bhagyanagar was named after princes Bhagyamati

The name Bhagyanagar traces its origin to a derivation from the name of princess Bhagyamati. After her marriage with Quli Qutub Shah, her name was changed to Hyder Mahal and thus the name Hyderabad came into existence.

After the Modi government came to power in 2014, the people of the country have become more aware of their historical backgrounds. It helped them realise that most of the names of cities reflect their oppressors rather than their own forefathers. This has led to changing of names of various cities while proposals of changing various others are in pipeline.

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What’s in the name? asked Shakespeare. The answer is culture, history, futuristic goals, civilizational value and much more. The renaming of cities along with the reformation of culture should be taken up on a war-like approach.