Admin
05 August 2024
The Hemant Soren government has decided to change the British-era name of Daltongunj railway stations in Jharkhand.
The town was named Daltonganj during the British Raj after Irishman Colonel Edward Tuite Dalton, an anthropologist and the commissioner of Chota Nagpur in 1861.
The name was changed to Medininagar in 2004 by the state government of Jharkhand,after Raja Medini Ray of the Chero dynasty of ancient Jharkhand.
Daltongunj, the name of the town is still retained in the name of the town’s railway station. It is administered by the Medininagar Municipal Corporation, which was formed on 30 May 2015.
Medininagar, formerly Daltonganj, is a city municipal corporation in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarters of Palamu division and Palamu district, as well as the subdivision and block of the same name. The town is situated on the banks of the North Koel River.
Now, as per a press release issued by the state secretariat, the Soren government has decided to send its approved proposal to the Union Home Ministry and the Railway Ministry to change the name of Daltongunj railway station to Medninagar railway station as soon as possible.
