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Obama given Hindi code name ''Chalaque'' during UK visit

The president's Secret Service code name, which is used by agents guarding him when they communicate with each other, is Renegade, while the first lady's is Renaissance.

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US President Barack Obama was given the Hindi code name "Chalaque" during his visit to Britain.

According to the Daily Mail, which quoted the Sunday Times, the code name, which when translated means "smart alec" or "cheeky, crafty and cunning", had been "randomly generated by computer".

"Chalaque is sometimes used when we want to denigrate someone who we think is too clever for their own good," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted the director of Britain's Network of Sikh Organisations, Indarjit Singh, as telling London's the Times.

The president's Secret Service code name, which is used by agents guarding him when they communicate with each other, is Renegade, while the First Lady's is Renaissance.

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