Allahabad
Americannoun
noun
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On Monday, the Allahabad High Court found Koli innocent in 12 cases in which he had been sentenced to death.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
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
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
Mr. Ahmad, a resident of Potomac, Md., was born in Allahabad, India.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022
The district is traversed throughout its length by the Oudh and Rohilkhand railway from Lucknow to Benares, with a branch to Allahabad.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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