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Monarchy-prefixes in names of roads

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It is ridiculous that roads in Delhi are named after erstwhile monarchy rulers of Gwalior state with monarchy-prefixes of Rajmata and Shrimant before Vijaya Raje Scindia and Madhavrao Scindia respectively. Since mother-son duo has been prominent leaders of BJP and Congress, both the major political parties ignore such an unhealthy practice. Pre-fix Shrimant was added much after the road was named originally as Madhavrao Scindia Marg. If roads named after Ashok, Prithviraj do not have popular pre-fix Samrat, it is senseless to add monarchy pre-fixes before names of roads named after Vijaya Raje Scindia and Madhavrao Scindia. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) must remove monarchy pre-fixes from roads named after Vijaya Raje Scindia and Madhavrao Scindia. Even an important road connecting city-airport is simply known as Madhavrao Scindia Road without any monarchy pre-fix.

Since literature rules do not allow popular nouns including names of roads to be translated, the important road must no longer be known as Parliament Street.

Subhash Chandra Agrawal

(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)

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