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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Six Bengal cities get new names Thursday April 23,2015

 
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday April 23,2015 renamed six townships in the state

Siliguri will be known as Teesta, a major river in North Bengal
Bolpur as Gitabitan, a popular compilation of songs of Rabindranath Tagore
The twin industrial towns of Asansol-Durgapur will be known as 'Agnibina', a collection of poems by poet Kazi Najrul Islam
Gajaldoba in Malda district has been rechristened as 'Mukta Tirtha'
Garia near Kolkata will become 'Uttam City', after the late matinee idol Uttam Kumar
Kalyani, the township in Nadia district developed during the time of Bidhan Chandra Roy's chief ministership, as 'Samriddhi'.

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