Aligarh’s Mayor, Prashant Singhal, has introduced a proposal to change the city’s name to Harigarh, paying tribute to Saint Swami Haridas and aiming to satisfy a long-held aspiration. Yet, historians are raising eyebrows, suggesting that the historical context does not support this change, as the city was formerly referred to as Kol before adopting the name Aligarh, with the fort named under the Nawab of Awadh.
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