Changing Hindu & Sikh names of places in Pakistan

[NirmalKrish]

Changing the names of places

MR Haseeb deserves complements for drawing the attention of readers towards excessive enthusiasm shown by Pakistanis towards changing the names of places (Dec 12). Even the names of benefactors have not been spared. It is relevant to point out that much earlier the name of Jahangir Kothari Park in Karachi too was changed. There has been a mania to change the names of cities and places ever since Pakistan came into being. Cities bearing Hindu and Sikh names have been a particular target. Even, the benefactors have not been spared.

There is a town in Lahore district (now in Kasur) which was until recently known as Van Radha Ram after the name of the father of Sir Ganga Ram who founded many charitable and welfare institutions in Punjab from which we are now benefiting. Its name was changed some years back to Habib Kot. Most of the people do not know as to who is the person whose name it now
carries.

In the early 1970s, the name of a well-known town in Balochistan was changed from Hindu Bagh to Muslim Bagh. Even a provincial government of a secular political party that was in power in Balochistan at that time could not resist. The names of Lyallpur and Montgomery, founded by a Britisher who made significant contributions to their development, were changed to Faisalabad and Sahiwal, respectively, without any cogent reason.

We often hear demands about changing the names of Haripur, Abbottabad and Jacobabad.

It is relevant to mention that in India several important cities, including state capitals, continue to bear Muslim names such as Allahabad, Ahmadabad and Hyderabad. There has been no attempt to change them.

Even a well-known road named after Emperor Aurangzeb still exists in New Delhi. Near our border, there are towns called Ferozepur and Faridkot.

We do hope that the PPP government, which believes in enlightened moderation, will not only curb this practice but will also restore all old names.

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The next Saudi Arabia in the making all its needs is Taliban adminstration and sharia law.

 

[acetophenol]

Non-muslims in an Islamic country have their rights according to just and moral principles.

No bro,
I was asking doesn't it matter to you that changing those names will hurt other religious members?

 

[Don Jaguar]

There are still many places in lahore with hindu names.

 

[acetophenol]

Man- dont say that-

Say like non-muslims wil soon vanish just like their non-muslim sounding names of the places- Feed them-

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whats the meaning of kush?-

Man,are you serious?

 

[JonAsad]

The next Saudi Arabia in the making all its needs is Taliban adminstration and sharia law.

and all because of changing names of the city?-
wow at some indians imaginations-

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Man,are you serious?

Yes of course- Dead Serious

 

[K-Xeroid]

No bro,
I was asking doesn't it matter to you that changing those names will hurt other religious members?

If minorities have any objection then their parlimentarians should pick up their points in parliaments, But if they are happy with that then No point of posting on that subject.

 

[Don Jaguar]

Sir ganga ram hospital lahore

 

[xataxsata]

When people can't build something great and something proud of they turn to name changing tricks.

 

[Sugarcane]

whats the meaning of kush?-

Kush >> Killer

The name Hindu Kush means literally 'Kills the Hindu'

 

[PakShah]

No bro,
I was asking doesn't it matter to you that changing those names will hurt other religious members?

No, when nearly all Pakistanis are Muslims, the minorities should not feel offended.

 

[K-Xeroid]

Kush >> Killer

The name Hindu Kush means literally 'Kills the Hindu'

OW! Hindu kush, There might be some history behind it...

 

[JonAsad]

When people can't build something great and something proud of they turn to name changing tricks.

We have build nukes- missiles-t tanks and a fighter plane-
Let go on with the name change-

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Kush >> Killer

The name Hindu Kush means literally 'Kills the Hindu'

Pakistan should be renamed Hindu Kush- Lol-

 

[Vinod2070]

Kush >> Killer

The name Hindu Kush means literally 'Kills the Hindu'

There are alternate explanations for the name.

If the one you offer is true, my sympathies for the Hindus of Afghanistan and Pakistan (the ancestors of the current converts) who would have been killed there by the fil.thy barbarians.

Those barbarians were killed in their millions by the Mongols and other BTW.

What goes around, comes around.

 

[JonAsad]

^^ alright i agree- the name hindu kush carries a significant and proud historical value to its name- so Hindu kush it be-

 

[FireFighter]

It shows the level of intolerance in the society.

This line shows the level of ignorance and enmity trapped inside of you towards those 'societies' that you just gave a generalized statement.


These name changes were done by politicians, islamic or secular, as politically motivated marketing gimmicks, not the people. People could care less about the names.

Wasn't the name Bombay changed to Mumbai few years ago by the hindu extremists?