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Mahatma Gandhi Road in Bangalore, India
M. G. Road is an abbreviation for Mahatma Gandhi Road, named after Mahatma Gandhi, 'father of the nation' of India. M. G. Road is one of the most frequently used road names in India,[citation needed] Agra having two of them.[1] Several other Indian cities have a road by this name. In 2010, attempts were made to rename Hillcroft Avenue in Houston, Texas to Mahatma Gandhi Avenue but the proponents were unable to secure signatures from 75% of the property owners. As a result the group settled for renaming the areas around Hillcroft Avenue to Mahatma Gandhi district.[2] In Kolkata, Central Road was renamed Harrison Road in 1892 after Sir Henry Leland Harrison, then the chairman of Calcutta Corporation.[3] It has recently been renamed yet again to Mahatma Gandhi Road.[4]
Gandhi's followers and residents of Indian origin in Durban reacted angrily to the renaming of a street after Mahatma Gandhi because the street passes through the red-light district of the city.[5]
Country State City Name South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Durban Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durban[5] India Karnataka Bangalore Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore India Tamil Nadu Chennai Mahatma Gandhi Road, Chennai popularly known as Nungambakkam High Road India Tamil Nadu Coimbatore Mahatma Gandhi Road also known as Avarampalayam Road.[6] India Delhi Delhi Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Delhi India Gangtok Gangtok Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Gangtok India Assam Guwahati Mahatma Gandhi Road, Guwahati India Uttar Pradesh Kanpur Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kanpur India Kerala Kochi Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kochi India West Bengal Kolkata Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata[3] India Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Mahatma Gandhi Road, Lucknow India Chhattisgarh Raipur Mahatma Gandhi Road, Raipur India Karnataka Mangalore Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mangalore India Maharashtra Pune Mahatma Gandhi Road, Pune India Maharashtra Mumbai Mahatma Gandhi Road, Mumbai India Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Mahatma Gandhi Road, Thiruvananthapuram India Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Mahatma Gandhi Road, Secunderabad (Hyderabad) India Pondicherry Pondicherry Mahatma Gandhi Road, Pondicherry India Uttar Pradesh Agra Mahatma Gandhi Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road II[1] Netherlands Leiden Gandhiburg[7] Netherlands Utrecht Gandhidreef[7] Netherlands Delft Gandhilaan[7] Netherlands Leiden Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Purmerend Gangeslaan[7] Netherlands Spijkenisse Gangesstraat[7] Netherlands Purmerend Mahatma Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Rotterdam Mahatma Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Culemborg Gandhi[7] Netherlands Zaandam Gandhihof[7] Netherlands Zeist Gandhilaan[7] Netherlands Stadskanaal Gandhiplein[7] Netherlands Maastricht Gandhiplein[7] Netherlands Zetten Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Haarlem Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Hengelo(O) Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Hoofddorp Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Middelburg Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Epe Gandhiweg[7] Netherlands Gouda Gandhiweg[7] Netherlands Deventer Ghandistraat[7] Netherlands Amsterdam M. Gandhilaan[7] Netherlands Groningen M. K. Gandhiplein[7] Netherlands Heerhugowaard Mahatma Gandhihof[7] Netherlands Eindhoven Mahatma Gandhilaan[7] Netherlands Zoetermeer Mahatma Gandhisingel[7] Netherlands 's-Gravenhage Mahatma Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands 's-Gravenzande Mahatma Gandhistraat[7] Netherlands Arnhem Mahatma Gandhiweg[7] Netherlands Assen Mahatma Gandhiweg[7] Netherlands Muntendam Mahatma Gandhiweg[7] See also
- Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, also abbreviated as MG Road
- M.G.Road_(band): A band started by four students of Purdue University
- List of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr.
Notes
- ^ a b IANS 2011, p. 1.
- ^ Moreno 2010, p. 1.
- ^ a b Ganguly & Bhattacharya 2010, p. 1.
- ^ Kolkata Wheels 2011, p. 1.
- ^ a b Clark 2005, p. 1.
- ^ "Building violating rules demolished in city". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 29 April 2011. http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/29/stories/2011042965510800.htm. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Kort 2011, p. 1.
References
- Moreno, Jenalia (2010), Signs of identity, Houston Chronicle, http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6818599.html
- Ganguly; Bhattacharya (2010), Wayward city, The Telegraph, http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100411/jsp/calcutta/story_12327326.jsp
- Kolkata Wheels (2011), Mahatma Gandhi Road (Harrison Road) - A cobbled road of history, http://kolkatawheels.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244:mahatma-gandhi-road-acobbled-road-of-history&catid=55:roadscape&Itemid=104
- IANS (2011), Agra gets second road named after Mahatma Gandhi, http://www.inewsone.com/2011/04/13/agra-gets-second-road-named-after-mahatma-gandhi/43108
- Clark, Grant (17 March 2005), SA outcry at 'insult' to Gandhi, BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4355531.stm
- Kort, Peter (2011), Indian names of Dutch Streets, Wahid Saleh, http://www.indiawijzer.nl/indian_street_names/street_names.htm
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