Overview
- Praveen Khandelwal wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging that the national capital be renamed Indraprastha, timed to Delhi Foundation Day.
- The letter also proposes renaming Old Delhi Railway Station to Indraprastha Junction and Indira Gandhi International Airport to Indraprastha Airport, plus installing statues of the Pandavas.
- Copies were sent to Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and the ministers for Railways, Civil Aviation, and Tourism and Culture.
- Khandelwal frames the move as restoring cultural identity and boosting tourism, citing recent precedents in Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Ujjain, and Varanasi.
- No government decision or consultation has been announced, and archaeologists differ on evidence linking Delhi’s Purana Qila to the epic-era Indraprastha.