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Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday announced that Andaman and Nicobar Island's capital Port Blair has been renamed as "Sri Vijaya Puram."
"Inspired by the vision of PM @narendramodi Ji, to free the nation from the colonial imprints, today we have decided to rename Port Blair as “Sri Vijaya Puram. While the earlier name had a colonial legacy, Sri Vijaya Puram symbolises the victory achieved in our freedom struggle and the A&N Islands' unique role in the same,” the minister posted on X.
Sri Vijaya Puram is the capital city of the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
In the previous year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi named 21 large unnamed islands of the UT after Param Vir Chakra awardees on the occasion of Parakram Diwas.
The prime minister also inaugurated the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji to be built on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, earlier known as Ross Islands.
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