Move Over VK Singh: Akbar & Maharana Pratap Fight Over Road Naming

QSatire: Shenshah Jalaluddin Akbar and Raja Maharana Pratap fight it out over who gets a road in Lutyen’s Delhi.

Maharana Pratap and Emperor Akbar battle it out over who deserves a road named after them. (Photo: Hardeep Singh/The Quint)

After Aurangzeb Road was changed to APJ Abdul Kalam Azad Marg, there has been a demand from some sections (most notably former army chief VK Singh) to rename Akbar Road after Maharana Pratap.

The naming and renaming of landmarks has become another costly casualty of a fairly childish politics. The Quint decided to show you how the great kings themselves, a liberal Muslim and a staunch Hindu, would have reacted to the controversy around them.

Cameraperson: Sanjoy Deb
Editor: Hitesh Singh
Script: Rohit Khanna, Aakash Joshi