Question: The Uttar Pradesh state cabinet has decided to rename Mughalsarai nagar palika as…
(a) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Nagar
(b) Deendayal Nagar
(d) Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar
(d) Mahamana Nagar
Ans: (b)
Related facts:-
- On June 27, 2017, The Uttar Pradesh state cabinet decided to rename Mughalsarai nagar palika as ‘Deendayal Nagar’ on the occasion of the centenary year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
- Earlier this month, a decision was taken to rename Mughalsarai Railway station after Upadhyay and a recommendation to this effect was sent to the Union Railway ministry.
- Apart from this, a decision was also taken by the cabinet to install a statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on the intersection, falling on the Mughalsarai station road, and naming this intersection, as ‘Pandit Deendayal Chowk’.
- Mughalsarai railway station falls under East Central Railway, whose headquarters is located in Hajipur (Bihar).
Related Links:-
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mughalsarai-nagar-palika-to-be-named-after-deendayal-upadhyay/1/988819.html
http://information.up.nic.in/View_Hindinews.aspx?id=380
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/yogi-adityanath-govt-to-name-mughalsarai-railway-station-after-rss-ideologue-upadhayay/story-ZwrjH56bJoSl0iupncv2SI.html