INDIA
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approves the renaming of Faizabad Cantt as Ayodhya Cantt.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal to rename the Faizabad cantonment as Ayodhya Cantonment, ANI reported quoting sources. In 2018, Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh was renamed Ayodhya. Now, after almost four years of that, the cantonment has also been renamed Ayodhya Cantonment.
The renaming of the Cantonment comes ahead of the Dussehra celebrations on October 5. Singh will celebrate Dussehra with soldiers at Auli and Mana in Uttarakhand and will offer prayers at Badrinath Dham.