Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi | The name of Jhansi railway station will now be Veerangana Laxmibai station. On Wednesday, agreeing to the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the state government has issued a notification to change the name of the station. Now, as soon as the order is received from the Ministry of Railways, the Divisional Railway Administration will start the departmental process of changing the name. The station code will also be changed.
There was a demand for a long time to change the name of Jhansi railway station to Veerangana Rani Laxmibai. On the demand of the people of Bundelkhand, its proposal was sent to the government on behalf of the public representatives. This information was given by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in the Lok Sabha on August 3. Thereafter, the Home Ministry had invited comments and views of the agencies concerned. After the completion of this process, on 24 November 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs wrote a letter to the state government to change the name.
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A railway official said that as soon as the order of the Ministry of Railways is received, now the Divisional Railway Administration will start the departmental process of changing the name. Under this the station code will also be changed. The proposal to change the name of Jhansi railway station was sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs three months ago. Jhansi name will become history after next few days. Earlier, the Yogi government of the state has named three major stations Allahabad as Prayagraj, Mughalsarai as Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar and Faizabad as Ayodhya railway station.
