Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced the renaming of Port Blair, the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, ...

Port Blair, Feb 19 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Monday visited the historic Cellular Jail at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and laid a wreath at the Martyr’s Column there.

Sri Vijaya Puram, was named after Archibald Blair, a Lieutenant in the Bombay Marine and British officer, who served in the ...

Port Blair on South Andaman Island and the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will be renamed. This was ...

The Government of India has renamed Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as 'Sri Vijayapuram'. This place ...

The Centre has decided to rename Port Blair Sri Vijaya Puram, in a move aimed at shedding the colonial legacy associated with ...

The names Andaman and Nicobar mean the same, which is the land of the naked people, and are home to distinct tribes ...

Shah said the decision was taken to free the nation from colonial imprints as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands had an ...

"While the earlier name had a colonial legacy, Sri Vijaya Puram symbolises the victory achieved in our freedom struggle and ...

In a symbolic move to honour India’s rich history and freedom struggle, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that Port Blair, the picturesque capital of the ...

Renaming has been a major instrument of the BJP’s claims of seeking to end remnants of “slavery” and decolonising the country ...

Union home minister Amit Shah announced on Friday that the government has decided to rename Port Blair, the capital of the ...