West Bengal gets good name

I couldnt understand why a new name is need when alredy the name is there. :huh:

I couldnt understand why a new name is need when alredy the name is there. :huh:

This is an attempt to shed the British legacy. The names of cities and provinces were spelled and pronounced to suit the British. Aftere independence many changes have been made. Cawnpore changed to Kanpur, Benaras to Varanasi, Madras to Chennai, Nuutra to Mathura etc. Calcutta was also changed to Kolkatta, Bombay to Mumbai.

So, Bengalis want a change. Banga is more bengali than Bengal.

West Bengal has been renamed is truely a good news. It should have been done before when Calcutta was renamed as Kolkata. Paschim Banga is good name. It is logically correct.

Good news indeed, although I prefer Bangabhoomi than Paschimbanga, though that would do too! These names really sound more Bengali than West Bengal!

I don't understand why the old names are been changed in every state

PSHIMBANGA is a good name. But I also agree with Gulshanji the name BANGABHUMI would be bettr.

The name Paschimbanga is okayed only by Bengali speaking but there are many non Bengali speaking who think otherwise. They want some other name that would recognize non bengali content in West Bengal.

But they ignore that Bengal is basically Bengal and any outsider residents there cannot change the linguistic character. There are many non Marathi people in Mumbai and yet the state is known as Maharashtra. similarly, Punjab retains the name despite many non punjabis there. Hence 'Banga' has to be in any name- Bangabhoomi or Paschimbang.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110820/jsp/frontpage/story_14401045.jsp

I am unable to comprehend this mad and illogical exercise!!

West Bengal becoming Paschimbenga.I think there is no difference in name then as we in Malayalam calls already it Paschimabengal.

What is so significant about Banga. Many would prefer 'Bengali' or 'bengal' more.

Banga is more appropriate to identity of region. The national anthem also includes 'banga'

http://www.in.com/news/blog/paschim-banga-alphabet-history-and-lost-chance-posts-1066017.html

This is really interesting.Thanks for sharing the information with us.

On 23rd August Mamata Banerjee announced we may keep the both names-Pashimbanga and West bengal ,like India and Bharat.

On 23rd August Mamata Banerjee announced we may keep the both names-Pashimbanga and West bengal,like India and Bharat.

Very interesting suggestion indeed. One name for internal purpose in the state and another for outsiders. Then Pachmimbanga will be used for communication with districts by the state government. But West Bengal will be used for correspondence with other states and center. This may also require using both names on letter heads of West Bengal alias Paschimbanga. This suggestion can also be accepted for Chhenia alis Madras, Calcutta alias Kolkata and Bombay alias Mumbai.

how it can be a good name if we change the name that changes the old sense of name then it will have some mean otherwise it is of no use.