New Delhi. Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly Vasudev Devnani, who is known for his innovations across the country, is doing many innovations not only in the state assembly but also in the historical city of Rajasthan and his hometown Ajmer.
Devnani has recently done some more innovations by getting the Ajmer district administration to change the names of many places in the city associated with colonialism.
In the series of his efforts to free Ajmer city from the names symbolizing slavery and to establish national heroes in the hearts and minds of the people, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Vasudev Devnani had directed the Ajmer district administration to change the names of some roads in the city. These roads will now be known by the names of saints, brave women and public leaders. He said that it is necessary to do so to give the people of Ajmer, especially the younger generation, recognition and information about the history, names and personalities of their heroes.
Vidhan Sabha Speaker Devnani had directed that the road from Agra Gate crossing to Agrasen crossing in Ajmer be named after Sant Shiromani Shri Namdev Ji Maharaj. Similarly, the road from St. Stephen crossing to Jhalkari Bai Smarak will be named as Veerangna Jhalkari Bai Road and the divider road between Sector B and C from Axis Bank building to Bravia Residency in Panchsheel Nagar will be named after Shaheed Late. The road from Major Natwar Singh Shaktiawat and Anasagar Police Post to Mama Ki Dukan (Premnagar) should be named as Shaheed Avinash Maheshwari Marg.
All these proposals have been approved in the general meeting of Ajmer Municipal Corporation. Along with this, the committee headed by Divisional Commissioner Mahesh Chandra Sharma has also approved these naming proposals. Now these roads in Ajmer will be known by the names of Sant Shiromani Namdev Ji Maharaj, martyr late Major Natwar Singh Shaktawat, martyr Avinash Maheshwari, Veerangana Jhalkari Bai. Soon, other roads, police stations and various areas of Ajmer will be named after names that reflect national pride. This will also leave an indelible mark of Indian culture and the names of heroes and heroines in the minds of national and international tourists visiting Ajmer and Pushkar.
It is noteworthy that earlier also, on the instructions of Assembly Speaker Devnani, buildings and ponds in Ajmer were freed from names symbolizing slavery. On the instructions of Devnani, the name of King Edward Memorial of Ajmer was changed to Maharshi Dayanand Vishranti Grih. Similarly, the name of Hotel Khadim of Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) was changed to Hotel Ajaymeru. Apart from this, the main pond of Ajmer city, Foysagar, has also been freed from the English name and its name has been changed to Varun Sagar.
Assembly Speaker Devnani has also given his consent as the local MLA to change the name of Ajmer's elevated road to Ram Setu. The general public believes that these innovations will also inspire other states of the country.
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani has created history by implementing many innovations in the state assembly, due to which he has become a famous name in the country and abroad.