Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted on Monday to express delight over the "victory of our culture and heritage" with the London Tube Rail accepting Bengali as a language for signboards at the Whitechapel Station.
“Proud to note that the London Tube Rail has accepted Bengali as a language of signage at Whitechapel Station, signifying the increasing global importance & strength of the 1000-year old language Bengali (sic),” the Trinamool Congress chief wrote on Twitter. She further added that the "Bengali diaspora should work together in common cultural directions".
In an image shared on social media by Bangladesh State Minister Zunaid Ahmed, the name of the London Underground and London Overground station located on Whitechapel Road and Durward Street in the Whitechapel area of London, United Kingdom, can now be seen written in Bangla besides English signboard.
{{/usCountry}}In an image shared on social media by Bangladesh State Minister Zunaid Ahmed, the name of the London Underground and London Overground station located on Whitechapel Road and Durward Street in the Whitechapel area of London, United Kingdom, can now be seen written in Bangla besides English signboard.
{{/usCountry}}The signboards in English and Bengali outside and throughout the station have been funded by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council, following a council and community-led campaign to install the signs, Mayor John Biggs tweeted. “Delighted to see bilingual signs now installed at Whitechapel station - in both English and Bangla,” he wrote.
The Whitechapel station is located behind a street market of the same name and opposite the Royal London Hospital. It lies between Aldgate East and Stepney Green stations on the District and Hammersmith and City lines, and between Shoreditch High Street and Shadwell stations on the East London Line.