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Posted: Oct 16 2018 (21:38)
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Allahabad was officially renamed as 'Prayagraj' on Tuesday. The decision was announced by the Yogi Adityanath-led government, which formally re-christened the name of the holy city to Prayagraj on October 16. The decision to change the name of the city comes into effect immediately, as announced by the UP Health Minister, Siddharth Nath Singh.
Singh said, "This (renaming) was done on the insistence of the public and the saints of Allahabad. In a meeting regarding the Kumbh Mela two days ago, the chief minister had also insisted on the same. Another thing discussed today was that the renaming should be done before the Kumbh Mela, so it is very pleasing that the city will be known as Prayagraj from now on."
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Singh said, "This (renaming) was done on the insistence of the public and the saints of Allahabad. In a meeting regarding the Kumbh Mela two days ago, the chief minister had also insisted on the same. Another thing discussed today was that the renaming should be done before the Kumbh Mela, so it is very pleasing that the city will be known as Prayagraj from now on."
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So now we will have two station one Prayag and other Prayagraj.
Prayag changed to Allahabad during Mughal emperor Akbar's time