Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also now set to join the list of places that are undergoing rechristening.
According to ANI, Andaman's Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island will get new names during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Port Blair on 30 December.
Ross Island will then formally become Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Neil Island will become Shaheed Dweep and Havelock Island will be Swaraj Dweep.
According to NDTV, the home ministry has announced that all the formalities for this name change have been completed.
PM Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh are set to hoist a 150 metre high national flag at Port Blair, to commemorate 75 years since freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose declared the formation of the Azad Hind government, reported NDTV.
BJP leader LA Ganesan had requested a name change for the Havelock island in March 2017. According to NDTV, Ganesan had suggested that the place carrying the name of a British general – Sir Henry Havelock – who had fought Indian patriots in 1857 was a matter of shame.
The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has already renamed Faizabad district as Ayodhya and Allahabad as Prayagraj.
(With ANI, NDTV inputs.)
(At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)