Rajasthan Is Changing Names Of All 'Muslim-Sounding' Villages, They Will Have New 'Hindi' Names

[Ali Tariq]

With elections around the corner, the Vasundhara Raje government has approved a long-pending demand: Renaming villages with Muslim-sounding names with names rooted in Hindi.



The renaming of four villages in communally sensitive Chittorgarh — Mohammadpur as Medikh Kheda, Nawabpur as Nai Sarthal, Rampura-Ajampur as Sitaramji Kheda and Mandfiya as Sanwaliyaji —has been approved.

Sources in the revenue department said more names will be changed in the coming weeks. The renaming of villages four months before the state polls in November-December is seen as a move by BJP to appease its vote bank.

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Three other villages have already been renamed — Miyon-Ka-Bara is now Mahesh Nagar (Barmer), Narpada is Narpura (Jalore) and Islampur Khurd is Pichanwa Khurd (Jhunjhunu).

Sources said a proposal to rename Salemabad, in Ajmer, as Shri Nimbark Tirth is in the final stages. The move has invited sharp reactions from political parties and civil rights groups which have unanimously called it a bid to polarise society.



Terming the exercise an attempt to hide the failures of the government, former CM Ashok Gehlot said the move just before polls was unnecessary.

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Yasmeen Farooqui, member of the All India Muslim Law Board, said, “Muslims have never felt as insecure in Rajasthan as under the Raje regime. Mob lynchings, hate crimes, dropping Muslim writers from textbooks, systematic closure of Urdu schools, now renaming of villages… What next?” The reactions have surprised revenue minister Amra Ram Choudhary, who said that none of the villages renamed is Muslim-dominated and no villager contested the proposal during the process.

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[war&peace]

good decision. I hope it will make a small contribution towards Pakistan 2.0

 

[Clutch]

Thank god for Pakistan!

Pakistan First!

 

[Safriz]

Thanks God we separated from these crazy people in 1947.

 

[Mamluk]

I absolutely support the name changes - not only places, but everything! Hoping eventually Gangas will stop associating with us.

 

[manlion]

Its a matter of time when Indian Constitution gets amended, to become a de jure Hindu Rashtra.

 

[Tshering22]

I absolutely support the name changes - not only places, but everything! Hoping eventually Gangas will stop associating with us.

I don't understand how we associate with you in any way.

You are the guys who keep saying 'south asian Muslims, south asian Muslims' while at the same time many of your fellow members here claim to trace your origins to Arabia, Turkey or Iran.

So you need to make up your mind.

Also, the only ones who associate the two countries are the AMAN KI ASHA types from both sides who say both are same.

No one else does.

 

[Mamluk]

I don't understand how we associate with you in any way.

You are the guys who keep saying 'south asian Muslims, south asian Muslims' while at the same time many of your fellow members here claim to trace your origins to Arabia, Turkey or Iran.

So you need to make up your mind.

Also, the only ones who associate the two countries are the AMAN KI ASHA types from both sides who say both are same.

No one else does.

There's nothing called South Asian Muslims. We have nothing in common with a Tamil or Bihari Muslim.

Which member claimed he is from Arabia? Quote him, else you can shove your claim up your gangetic rear.

Our ancestors were men whose sperm created your Brahmin class. That's the only link we have with Ganga, but even then the Brahmins are, by now, mostly genetically like the rest of you Indians.

 

[Srinivas]

There's nothing called South Asian Muslims. We have nothing in common with a Tamil or Bihari Muslim.

Which member claimed he is from Arabia? Quote him, else you can shove your claim up your gangetic rear.

Our ancestors were men whose sperm created your Brahmin class. That's the only link we have with Ganga, but even then the Brahmins are, by now, mostly genetically like the rest of you Indians.

yeah during 1950's the trend is Turkic, so you are turks,

during 1980's the trend is Arabic, so you are Arabs,

now the trend is civilization and now you are hindu upper class .... Lol

Definitely Brahmins has nothing to do with 99.5% Pakistanis.

 

[illusion8]

I absolutely support the name changes - not only places, but everything! Hoping eventually Gangas will stop associating with us.

More to do with removing Arab influence rather than Pakistani.

 

[Srinivas]

More to do with removing Arab influence rather than Pakistani.

Rajasthan Govt. is reverting back the names to original ones. There is nothing like renaming happening there.

 

[AfrazulMandal]

Rajasthan Govt. is reverting back the names to original ones. There is nothing like renaming happening there.

And who gave them the right to do so?

 

[Tshering22]

There's nothing called South Asian Muslims. We have nothing in common with a Tamil or Bihari Muslim.

Exactly. I agree with your view here. Well said.

Which member claimed he is from Arabia? Quote him, else you can shove your claim up your gangetic rear.

I have been here for over 5 years now. If were to dig for what each member past and present, said, then I would have to waste too much time. You really want me to scroll through 5 years' worth of posts?

Our ancestors were men whose sperm created your Brahmin class. That's the only link we have with Ganga, but even then the Brahmins are, by now, mostly genetically like the rest of you Indians.

Man that is some messed up knowledge you have about the Hindu or its sister communities. I'd say you start reading a bit and then we'll discuss this point further.

 

[ranjeet]

Most probably a move to appease the hindu voters but BJP should change all the names they want to in one go and be done with it.

 

[Tshering22]

And who gave them the right to do so?

They are the state government and not some stall owners. That's what governments have; power to take decisions.

Most probably a move to appease the hindu voters but BJP should change all the names they want to in one go and be done with it.

How is reverting to old native names an appeasement tactic? In fact retaining them this long after independence was an appeasement tactic by the then ruling parties.