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Detailed explanation-1: -The old name of New Delhi’s ceremonial boulevard – Rajpath – has been scraped off the signages mounted around the periphery of the India Gate hexagon, after its rechristening to ‘Kartavya Path’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The central avenue from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate along with the Central Vista lawns will now be known as Kartavya Path instead of Rajpath as the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) – the civic body overseeing the New Delhi area – unanimously approved the name change in a special meeting convened on Wednesday.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prime Minister inaugurated the ‘Kartavya Path’ (the revamped Central Vista Avenue) at the India Gate and renamed it from ‘Rajpath’ denoting the freedom from the slavery and terms used during British Raj.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the early 20th century, it was named by the British as “Kingsway” after King George V, who visited Delhi during the Delhi Durbar of 1911 and shifted the capital from Calcutta to the city. Post India’s independence in 1947, the Central Vista was chosen as the centre of Delhi and renamed Rajpath.