Delhi’s Aurangzeb Lane to be renamed after ex-President APJ Abdul Kalam

NDMC vice chairperson said a proposal for this change was placed before a meeting of the council on Wednesday

Nearly eight years after the Aurangzeb Road in Lutyens’ Delhi was renamed Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday announced that the Aurangzeb Lane in the area will similarly be renamed as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lane. The stretch connects Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road with Prithviraj Road.

Aurangzeb Road was renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Road nearly eight years ago. (HT Archive)

NDMC vice chairperson Satish Upadhyay said that a proposal for this change was placed before a meeting of the council on Wednesday and approved.

“Aurangzeb Road was renamed as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road in 2015. But this lane was still known as Aurangzeb Lane and its change was pending. The council has now decided to approve the renaming of this lane on similar lines,” Upadhyay said, adding that Aurangzeb, the 17th century Mughal ruler, had no place here.

In a statement, the civic body, that maintains the New Delhi area, said, “An agenda item is placed before the Council to consider the renaming of ‘Aurangzeb Lane’ under the NDMC area as ‘Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Lane’ in terms of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 231 of the New Delhi Municipal Act, 1994. The Council has approved the renaming of Aurangzeb Lane as Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Lane.”