War heroes, national icons to replace British-era names on 21 roads in Secunderabad Cantonment

Roads named aft British subject officers successful the Secunderabad Cantonment volition soon carnivore the names of Captain Vikram Batra, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, and erstwhile President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, among others, aft the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) approved the renaming of 21 roads and 3 bazaars connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) successful a determination aimed astatine replacing decades-old colonial-era nomenclature with names honouring Indian heroes and nationalist icons.

SCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arvind Kumar Dwivedi told The Hindu that the proposals received the Board’s support during its gathering connected Wednesday. “The process of removing the colonial-era names from the existing roads and installing renamed names volition beryllium done wrong a month,” helium said.

Among the salient changes, Bolton Road volition go Atal Bihari Vajpayee Road, Noble Road volition beryllium renamed A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road and Lytton Road volition carnivore the sanction of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose. Potnee Road volition go Tarapore Marg aft Param Vir Chakra awardee Lt. Col. A.B. Tarapore, portion Richardson Road has been renamed Unnikrishnan Marg successful honour of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed during the 2008 Mumbai panic attacks.

Wellington Road volition go Vikram Batra Marg aft the Kargil War hero, Gough Road volition beryllium renamed Somnath Sharma Marg aft India’s archetypal Param Vir Chakra awardee and Amherst Road volition go Abdul Hamid Marg successful honour of Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid, who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his actions during the 1965 Indo-Pak War. Burton Road has been renamed Santosh Babu Road successful representation of Colonel B. Santosh Babu, who was killed successful the Galwan Valley clash successful 2020.

Changes person besides been approved successful the Bazar area, wherever Bearers Lines volition beryllium renamed Kartavya Nagar, 108 Bazar volition go Infantry Bazar and RA Pensioners Lines volition beryllium known arsenic Artillery Pensioners Lines.

The implicit database of the contiguous names and the projected names are arsenic follows: