TMC seeks renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla'
The Hindu
Trinamool Congress MP calls for renaming West Bengal to 'Bangla' to reflect state's history and culture.
The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday (February 4, 2025) demanded the renaming of West Bengal as 'Bangla', saying this carries the signature of the state's history and culture.
Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention in the Rajya Sabha, party MP Ritabrata Banerjee said the West Bengal Assembly had in July 2018 unanimously passed a resolution for renaming the state but the Centre has not yet agreed to it.
He said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the "re-christening will be in consonance with the history, culture, and identity of our state and will reflect the aspirations of our people".
The 1947 partition divided Bengal — the Indian side was called West Bengal and the other side was named East Pakistan. In 1971, East Pakistan declared independence and a new nation of Bangladesh was formed.
Today, there is no East Pakistan, he said. "Our state's name needs to be changed. The mandate of the people of West Bengal needs to be honoured."
The name of any state was last changed in 2011, when Orissa became Odisha.
Many cities have seen name changes over the years. These include Bombay, which was changed to Mumbai in 1995, Madras to Chennai in 1996, Calcutta to Kolkata in 2001, and Bangalore to Bengaluru in 2014.
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