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The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an Act of Parliament in
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Shaan surya sharma said:
9 years ago
Please expain it properly why the name changed?
Aftab.hussin said:
9 years ago
How the name of islands is changed? please explain.
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Suraj said:
8 years ago
Why the goverment change the name?
Please explain ?
Please explain ?
Sushil said:
8 years ago
As Bombay is english name it is changed to Mumbai. Madras to chennai, delhi to New DELHI, calcutta to KOLKATA these are changed because of that regional language easy to speak and also to remove british names. Thats why laccadive to lakshdwip.
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Mohit said:
8 years ago
Can anyone explain this answer?
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Yeswanth said:
8 years ago
Can anybody, please explain me why the name has been changed?
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Sunil said:
7 years ago
Explain this answer.
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Rajeev said:
6 years ago
As the name change was done in 1973 then the Indira Gandhi's government is at the centre.
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Aruna said:
6 years ago
Why the name has been changed?
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Anomee said:
5 years ago
The name was changed because lakshwadeep means one thousand of islands. Since, the three were very large, the parliament found this name extremely suitable and thus named it lakshwadeep.
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