{"id":1372,"date":"2026-02-09T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:15:53","slug":"128129287-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"Indian war heroes, gallantry awardees replace 246 British-era names in military zones &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128129279,imgsize-1449656,width-400,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Indian war heroes, gallantry awardees replace 246 British-era names in military zones\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: In a move to erase the signs of the colonial past, the Indian Army has undertaken a huge exercise to rename 246 roads, buildings and facilities across its military establishments and name them after Indian war heroes like Arun Khetrapal, Abdul Hamid, Dhan Singh Thapa, Sundar Singh and Piru Singh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The exercise is part of a continued effort to move beyond colonial-era symbols and reinforce an identity anchored in India\u2019s own military heritage, honouring the nation&#8217;s gallantry awardees, war heroes and distinguished military leaders, Indian Army officials said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>According to the officials, the renaming exercise covers 124 roads, 77 residential colonies, 27 buildings and military facilities, and 18 other facilities, such as parks, training areas, sports grounds, gates and helipads.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>In Delhi Cantonment, Kirby Place (Officers Accommodation) has been renamed Kenuguruse Vihar, while Mall Road has been renamed Arun Khetrapal Marg.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Other roads in the Delhi Cantt area to be renamed are Tigris Road (as Hoshiar Singh Marg), Cassel Road (Manekshaw Marg), Maude Road (DCB Road) as the extension of Thimayya Marg, Lorry Road (Ramawamy Parmeshwaran Marg), Gymnasium Road (Padmapani Acharya Marg), Kotwali Road (Capt Anuj Nayyar Road) and Probyn Road Timarpur (Shaitan Singh Marg).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Likewise, there have been changes in the names of residential colonies in Delhi Cantt area. Baird Place has been renamed Anuj Nayaar Vihar, Kirby Place as Kenuguruse Vihar, Tubrak Link as Gurdiyal Vihar, Kingsway Camp (Timarpur) as Joginder Singh Vihar, Nicholson Line as Digendra Kumar Vihar, Khyber Line (behind MC) as Abdul Hamid Vihar, Tigris Maude Line as Jadunath Vihar and Poultry Farm as Ram Chander Vihar.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>In Ambala Cantt, Patterson Road Quarters has been renamed Dhan Singh Thapa Enclave, and in Mathura Cantt, New Horn Line is now Abdul Hamid Lines.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Queens Line Road in Jaipur Cantt will now be called Sundar Singh Marg, New Birdwood Line in Bareilly Cantt as Thimayya Colony and Malcolm Lines in Mhow Cantt as Piru Singh Lines.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>At Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, Colins Block and Kingsway Block will be renamed Nubra Block and Kargil Block, respectively.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>In Kolkata, while Fort William has been renamed Vijay Durg, Sports Complex in Rangapahar Military Station has been renamed Laishram Jyotin Singh Sports Complex. At the Zakhama Military Station, Spear Lake Marg is now called Hangpan Dada Marg.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/defence\/news\/indian-war-heroes-gallantry-awardees-replace-246-british-era-names-in-military-zones\/articleshow\/128129287.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: In a move to erase the signs of the colonial past, the Indian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4226,4228,4227,4223,4225,4224],"class_list":["post-1372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-british-era-name-changes","tag-delhi-cantonment-military-changes","tag-gallantry-awardees-recognition","tag-indian-army-renaming-initiative","tag-indian-military-heritage","tag-indian-war-heroes-names"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}