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2018

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According to reports, the BJP-led central government has approved renaming of at least _________ towns and villages across India in the past one year.

A	27
B	25
C	21
D	20

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Mumbai (Marathi: ), from Bombay, renamed in 1995. Kochi (Malayalam: ), from Cochin, respelled in 1996. Chennai (Tamil: ), from Madras, renamed in 1996. Kolkata (Bengali: ), from Calcutta, respelled in 2001.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pondicherry to Puducherry The original name was Putucceri, but the French renamed the territory as Pondichéry. Again, in 2006, the government officially changed the name to Puducherry.

Detailed explanation-3: -The minister also stated that approval was provided to change the names of Birshingpur Pali, Hoshangabad Nagar, and Babai city in Madhya Pradesh to Maa Birasini Dham (2018), Narmadapuram (2021), and Makhan Nagar (2021), respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Presently, the term ‘Hindustan’ is understood by ‘India’, a modern nation state. However, the term ‘Hindustan’ carried different meanings in medieval times. The rulers in the Sultanate and Mughal period called their Indian dominion centred around Delhi as Hindustan.

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