Useful thing: Does changing the name of the city also change your documents? Get answers to all questions here

The names of many places in India have changed. There are some examples of this, like- Allahabad has been renamed as Prayagraj, and now there are preparations to change the name of Aligarh to Harigarh. Also, the name of Mughalsarai Railway Station has been changed to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Not only this, the names of many other places have also been changed. In such a situation, many people remain confused about whether changing the name of the city or their district will affect their documents (ration card, driver's license, identity card, etc.). If you are also worried about this, then you can know about it in detail here. So let us know what effect changing the name of the city has on the documents...

How are names changed?
The proposal to change the name of the district or city goes to the cabinet. After this, permission to change the name of the city or district is given only after the proposal is passed in the cabinet. At the same time, when the proposal is passed, the gazette of the new name (city or district) is done, after which the new name is approved.

Are there changes in the documents?
If the name of your city or district has changed, will your documents also change? There is no change of any kind in the documents already issued, that is, no changes are made in the ration card or other documents that you already have.

What changes?
New documents
At the same time, in the new documents issued by the government, the new name of the city is printed in place of the old one. For example, if you have documents made in Aligarh, there will be no change in them. But after changing the name of the city, the new name of the city will be Harigarh in the new documents that will be issued.

Railway station name
By changing the name of the city, a change also occurs in the name of the railway station. New nameboards are installed at these stations. Also, on the IRCTC website, if you want to book a train ticket from your city to any other place or from any other state to your city, then you will get the new name here. For example:- Mughalsarai Railway Station is now named after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.

Bus station name
If the name of your city changes, then you have to book a roadways bus for your city, and then you get the station with the new name. In such a situation, you have to search by the new name to book the bus ticket.

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