Firozabad to be renamed as Chandranagar after Zila Panchayat’s nod to the proposal, says Chairman

New Delhi: The Zila Panchayat has given nod to rename Firozabad, the district Chandranagar, Panchayat chairman Harshita Singh said on Sunday.

Firozabad will be named as Chandranagar.

On Saturday, the proposal was introduced during the first Zila Panchayat session by Block Pramukh Laxmi Narayan Yadav, a BJP leader and former district chief of the party.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Zila Panchayat chairman Harshita Singh said, “The proposal was introduced orally in a session on Saturday when most members were present. The proposal was brought by Block Pramukh Laxmi Narayan, and the House passed it as no opposition was shown by anybody. Not one person in the House opposed it,” said Singh.

“By the next week, we will write a letter to the district magistrate informing him about the proposal, and then he will take further action and write to the government. Ultimately, the government will take the final decision about the name change,” said Singh.

Asked about the reason for the name change, Singh said, “We are not changing the name. We are simply going back to the old name, which was Chandranagar before the Mughals came to India. It was Firoz Shah, who was Emperor Akbar’s representative, named this place Firozabad. Before the 1560s, this place was named after King Chandra Sen, who ruled before the Mughals.”

According to the official website of Firozabad district, the ancient name of the town was Chandwar Nagar.