New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved renaming the Faizabad Cantt in Uttar Pradesh as Ayodhya Cantonment, news agency PTI quoted official sources as saying on Tuesday.
“The Faizabad Cantt will be known as Ayodhya Cantonment,” said a source.
In October last year, the Faizabad Cantt railway station was renamed as Ayodhya Cantt railway station, while in 2018, the whole district was renamed as Ayodhya district.
Singh is currently undertaking a two-day visit to Uttarakhand.
He will have a “Bada Khana’ with soldiers at Dehradun on Tuesday evening.
On Wednesday, he will perform ‘Shastra Puja’ in Chamoli on the occasion of Vijaya Dashmi.
He will celebrate Dussehra with soldiers at Auli and Mana, and will offer prayers at Badrinath Dham.
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