Allahabad
Americannoun
noun
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Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named by Muslim Mughal rulers centuries ago — to the Sanskrit word “Prayagraj.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Footage from Saturday night shows mafia don-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed getting out from the back of a police jeep near a hospital in the city of Prayagraj, also known as Allahabad.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2023
In 2018 his party changed the name of the city long known as Allahabad to Prayagraj, the name of a Hindu pilgrimage site.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
Govind Mathur, a former chief justice of the Allahabad high court, told the BBC that the authorities' actions were "highly unjust".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2022
The spectacle of this morning, with the similar one at Allahabad, have set me a-thinking.
From From Egypt to Japan by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
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