The suggestions were approved in March after local requests, officials said. For renaming villages, railway stations, towns, and cities, the state government must get a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the union home ministry. Officials added that the NOC changes other village or district entities like railway stations and schools.
Union Home Ministry s no-objection certificates have been issued for changing the name of municipal council Mundera Baazar in Gorakhpur district and of Telia Afghan village in Deoria district.
The Uttar Pradesh government has received consent from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to alter the name of Gorakhpur district's 'Mundera Baazar' municipal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given its approval to the Uttar Pradesh government to change the name of Gorakhpur district s Mundera Baazar municipal council to Chauri Chaura and Deoria district s Telia Afghan village to Telia Shukla . India News | Mundera Bazaar to Chauri-Chaura and Telia Afghan to Telia Shukla : MHA s Nod to Change Names of Two Places in UP.