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Gurugram News: Farrukhnagar Municipal Committee of Gurugram has unanimously passed a proposal to change the name to Shri Ram Nagar. The proposal will be sent to ULB department through MCG. The committee described it as being in accordance with the religious sentiments and Vedic traditions of the local people. No objection has been received on historical Farrukhnagar.
Gurugram : Farrukhnagar Municipal Committee has decided to change its name to Shri Ram Nagar. Three names Shri Ram Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Vedic Nagar were proposed in the meeting, but all the members unanimously approved the name Shri Ram Nagar. Now the committee will send this proposal to MCG, which will further send it to the Haryana Urban Local Bodies (ULB) Department for final approval. This decision was taken in the committee meeting held on Friday.
Committee Chairman Balbir Saini said that after discussion it was unanimously agreed to name Shri Ram Nagar. Now it will be sent to MCG and then to the government. Saini said that the name change has been done keeping in mind the Vedic traditions and religious sentiments of the citizens. For a long time, local people were demanding change of name. No one has raised any objection to this yet.
Farrukhnagar was once a prosperous town and outpost during the Mughal period. It is a historical town located in Gurugram district, near the border of Jhajjar, about 21 km from the city. Part of the Ahirwal region, the town was founded in 1732 by Faujdar Khan Farrukhnagar, the first Nawab of Farrukhnagar and governor of Emperor Farrukhsiyar.
The town flourished for more than a century due to the salt trade, but it gradually declined at the beginning of the British era and was almost ruined by the beginning of the 20th century. The Mughal period monuments Sheesh Mahal, Stepwell and Jama Masjid still attract tourists.
