The Modi government at the Centre has decided to rename three islands in Andaman and Nicobar – Ross Island as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Neil Island as Shaheed Dweep and Havelock Island as Swaraj Dweep as a tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Continuing with its name-changing spree, the government at the centre has decided to rename these three Islands of Andaman.
While the proposal has been cleared by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the announcement will be likely made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is scheduled to visit Port Blair in December 30 to mark the 75th anniversary of Netaji’s historic visit to the islands
The Modi government’s decision comes over a month after West Bengal BJP vice-president Chandra Kumar Bose, who is related to the freedom fighter, had written to the PM urging him to rename the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as the ‘Shaheed and Swaraj Islands’ as a tribute to Netaji.
In his letter, Chandra Bose said that Netaji “as the first Prime Minister of United Free India” had hoisted the national flag at Port Blair on December 30, 1943, thus establishing the Azad Hind government. He said that following this, Netaji had renamed Andaman & Nicobar Islands to Shaheed & Swaraj Islands.
