The Centre has decided to rename Andaman and Nicobar Island’s capital Port Blair as “Sri Vijaya Puram.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah made the announcement announced on social media. In a post on ‘X’, he said, inspired by the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji, to free the nation from the colonial imprints, today we have decided to rename Port Blair as “Sri Vijaya Puram.”
He said while the earlier name had a colonial legacy, the new name symbolises the victory achieved in the country’s freedom struggle. “Andaman & Nicobar Islands have an unparalleled place in our freedom struggle and history. The island territory that once served as the naval base of the Chola Empire is today poised to be the critical base for our strategic and development aspirations,” he added.
“It is also the place that hosted the first unfurling of our Tiranga by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Ji and also the cellular jail in which Veer Savarkar Ji and other freedom fighters struggled for an independent nation,” Shah added.
