Hyderabad: The All India Confederation of SC /ST organisations requested Telangana CM KCR to name the Hyderabad district after Dr B.R Ambedkar on March 30, 2023.
According to the press release, the AIC organisation from Telangana asked KCR to change the name of the capital city of the state from Hyderabad to Ambedkar Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: KCR to unveil Ambedkar statue on April 14
The organisation also gave Historic reasons for considering their request of changing the name of the capital, for example, Ambedkar got India’s first Doctor literature degree from the Osmania University of Hyderabad. Ambedkar also suggested Hyderabad ass a second Capital of India and so on.
“It is humbly requested to CM of state to name Hyderabad district to Ambedkar Hyderabad district on the occasion of 132 birth anniversary celebration and inauguration of world tallest statue of Ambedkar to be held on 14 April 2023,” the release said.
The 45-foot wide and 125-foot long Dr B R Ambedkar statue will be inaugurated on April 14 in honour of Ambedkar Jayanti by chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
