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Detailed explanation-1: -It was the headquarters of Faizabad district and Faizabad division until 6 November 2018, when the Uttar Pradesh cabinet headed by chief minister Yogi Adityanath approved the renaming of Faizabad district as Ayodhya district and Faizabad division as Ayodhya division.

Detailed explanation-2: -The official name of the district was changed from Faizabad to Ayodhya in November 2018 by Yogi Adityanath-led Government of Uttar Pradesh. The district occupies an area of 2, 522 square kilometres (974 sq mi), and had a population of 2, 470, 996 in the 2011 census.

Detailed explanation-3: -Local tradition holds Fyzabad or now Faizabad is identical with the Saket of the Ramayana, supposedly the private estate of King Dasharatha, father of Lord Rama. It is claimed that Saket was renamed after the death of Faiz Baksh, a courtier of the Nawab of Awadh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ayodhya, also called Oudh or Awadh, town, south-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies on the Ghaghara River just east of Faizabad.

Detailed explanation-5: -History. The station was established in 1874. In October 2021, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, decided to rename the station “Ayodhya Cantt railway station". On 2 November 2021 Indian Railways consented to the change of name, which also changed the station code from FD to AYC.