India changes Muslim poet Akbar Allahabadi’s name to Akbar Prayagraji 100 years after his death!
India changes Muslim poet Akbar Allahabadi’s name to Akbar Prayagraji 100 years after his death!
Renowned Urdu poet and satirist, Akbar Allahabadi’s name has been changed to Akbar Prayagraji, as per UP Higher education department.
The development comes as the Allahabad district was renamed Prayagraj in 2018 by the extremist government of Yogi Adityanath.
Meanwhile, the UP government has also changed the Allahabadi Takhallus (pen-name) of poets into Prayagraj.
On its website, UP Higher Education Services Commission wrote the names of Akbar Allahabadi, Rashid Allahabadi, and Tegh Allahabadi as Akbar Prayagraj, Rashid Prayagraj, and Tegh Prayagraj.
So when they are changing the names of other Muslim poets, Ghalib, Firaq, and Josh Malihabadi?
The move has left social media in outcry,
I feel like laughing and crying at the same time. Heights of stupidity 🤦
— Ankita – Read my novel 'Indigo Mansion'😀 (@AnkitaSharma_26) December 28, 2021
its more diabolical than that. they're trying to rewrite history.
— dhanak دھنک 🌈 (@Oru_Mazhavill) December 28, 2021
Madness!
— Nita Ghosh (@GhoshNita) December 28, 2021
Why @Wikipedia has changed renowned Urdu poet #AkbarAllahabadi's name as Akbar Prayagraji? His original name must be restored forthwith.
— India Muslim History (@syedurahman) December 28, 2021
On the other hand, as per the Hindustan Times report, the Urdu poet’s name was changed to ‘Akbar Prayagraj’ on the UP site due to an ‘error’!
