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TMC delegation meets PM; requests for name change of West Bengal
The West Bengal Assembly in July 2018 had unanimously passed a resolution to change the state's name to 'Bangla'.
Centre refuses to change West Bengal's name to Bangla
Nityanand Rai, MoS (Home), denied in the Rajya Sabha that Centre has cleared name 'Bangla' for West Bengal as proposed by the state govt.
Rename Bengal to Bangla: TMC MP
Bengal has been wracked by political violence before and after the Lok Sabha polls. Assembly polls are due in the state in 2021.
West Bengal Assembly passes resolution to change state's name to 'Bangla'
Resolution passed by West Bengal Assembly will go to MHA and if it okays change, name of state will become 'Bangla'.
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