PRAYAGRAJ

About:

• The proposal would now go to the Centre before the city is officially renamed.
  
  
• Arguments for Name change by State Government:
  • It was only restoring an old name to the city. Five hundred years ago, the name of the place was Prayagraj as it was at the Triveni Sangam (a confluence of three rivers i.e. Ganga, Yamuna and Sarasvati rivers).
    
    
  • The move would also highlight Indian culture internationally.
    
    
  • There are many Prayags on the bank of the sacred rivers coming from the Himalayas, but this place is Prayagraj (the leading one among them).
    
    
  
  
  
• Arguments against the decision: The move was criticised by opposition parties on the ground that the name change ignored the history of Allahabad, which played a significant role during the Independence struggle.