Centre renames Port Blair as Sri Vijayapuram

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: September 17 2024

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The central government has decided to rename Andaman and Nicobar's capital Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced it, describing it as a symbol of victory achieved in the freedom struggle.
On January 23, 2023, on Netaji's 126th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Modi had decided to name 21 islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the Param Vir Chakra winners.