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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026) announced that Fazil Nagar municipality volition beryllium renamed Pawagarh successful honour of Jain Tirthankar Lord Mahavir.
Mr. Adityanath said this portion astatine a authorities relation successful Fazil Nagar, wherever 278 improvement projects worthy implicit ₹424 crore were dedicated. Certificates, authorisation letters, and cheques were besides distributed to beneficiaries of assorted authorities payment schemes.
"We person approved the connection to rename Fazil Nagar. It volition nary longer beryllium known arsenic Fazil Nagar; instead, it volition summation a caller individuality arsenic Pawagarh. It volition beryllium named aft Lord Mahavir. Why should we telephone it Fazil?" Mr. Adityanath said. He said that on with Bhagwan Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankar, the sanction of Pawagarh volition besides summation prominence.
"By connecting with the affluent traditions and taste practice of Pawagarh, radical from crossed the state and astir the satellite volition beryllium drawn to this ineffable place," helium added. A connection for the renaming was earlier sent to the Chief Minister's Office by the section administration.
The projected name, Pawagarh, is derived from Pawapuri successful Bihar, a revered Jain pilgrimage tract intimately associated with Lord Mahavir. He said each national should consciousness arrogant of their heritage. "How tin 1 consciousness grateful to their ancestors, who cognize much than the followers of Sanatan Dharma," helium said.
