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- The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station.
- The renamed and redeveloped railway station was inaugurated on November 15, the birth anniversary of the iconic 19th-century tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda.
Objectives behind the move
- According to the state government, the renaming is to honour the memory and sacrifices made by a queen of the Gond community.
About Gond community
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Who was Rani Kamlapati?
- Rani Kamlapati was the widow of Nizam Shah, whose Gond dynasty ruled the then Ginnorgarh, 55 km from Bhopal, in the 18th century.
- It is said that she avenged her husband’s death by killing Alam Shah, Nizam Shah’s nephew.
- Alam Shah had poisoned his uncle.
- She built the seven-storey Kamlapati Palace that overlooks Upper and Lower Lakes and is now an ASI-protected monument.
- Rani Kamlapati Palace is a secular architecture of the 18th century built of Lakhauri bricks, cusped arches over crumpled pillars.
- Kamlapati was the “last Hindu queen of Bhopal”, who did great work in the area of water management and set up parks and temples.
How are railway station names changed?
Methods to Display languages, spellings on the signboard
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