Banguluru: With the state formation day “Karnataka Rajyotsava”, IT capital Bangalore today had become Banguluru.
11 other cities across Karnataka were also rechristened by the state government, casting away the anglicised names.
State government had issued a special gazette notification to effect the changes; the new names have come into force.
Now Bangalore will be called Bengaluru, Mangalore (Mangaluru), Mysore (Mysuru), Bellary (Ballari), Belgaum (Belagavi), Hubli (Hubballi), Tumkur (Tumakuru), Bijapur (Vijayapura), Chikmagalur (Chikkamagaluru), Gulbarga (Kalaburagi), Hospet (Hosapete) and Shimoga (Shivamogga).
The name changing process began in 2006 after the JDS-BJP government announced that they planned to rename 12 cities, including Bangalore and Belgaum.
Report claimed that while the government has changed the names, some educational institutions and private companies are not keen on switching over to the new ones.
Bangalore University Vice Chancellor B Thimme Gowda said, “The change in name applies to cities, not institutions. Even after rechristening of Bombay and Madras, university names remained the same.”
Karnataka Chief Secretary Kuashik Mukherjee said that there will be no compulsion on them to change the registered names as for private firms and organizations.
He said, “The government is not changing the names in a chauvinistic manner but adhering to the sentiments of the local people.”
Bureau Report
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