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Mumbai Railway Stations Are Being Stripped Of British Colonial Names
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Why just the name of the rail stations, why not rip up the whole of India's rail system, after all wasn't all that made possible during the 'dreaded' British Colonial Rule?
Why just the name of the rail stations, why not rip up the whole of India's rail system, after all wasn't all that made possible during the 'dreaded' British Colonial Rule?
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Its only a name!
As for the railways - "...each mile of Indian railway construction in the 1850s and 1860s cost an average of £18,000, as against the dollar equivalent of £2,000 at the same time in the US." The extra costs were claimed from Indian people through added taxes and revenues.
they were built with
As for the railways - "...each mile of Indian railway construction in the 1850s and 1860s cost an average of £18,000, as against the dollar equivalent of £2,000 at the same time in the US." The extra costs were claimed from Indian people through added taxes and revenues.
they were built with
While we however change our street names so as to reflect on our multiculturalism.
/// Among the new names which reflect Britain's multicultural society are Masjid Lane, in Tower Hamlets, east London, which uses the Arabic term for mosque. ///
/// In Lewisham, south London, a development has been named Khadija Walk, using the name of the prophet Mohammed's first wife, the first person after him to convert to Islam. ////
/// In Oldham, there is an Allama Iqbal Road, named after Sir Muhammad Iqbal, the early twentieth century poet and politician from British India, who was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilisation. ///
/// A nearby street is called Jinnah Close, after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of the modern state of Pakistan. Neither man was noted for his close links to the Lancashire town, although the area does have a large Asian population. ///
/// There is also a Jinnah Road, leading to a mosque and a B&Q hardware store, in Redditch, Worcestershire, and a Jinnah Court in Bradford, which also has a Qureshi View and a Kinara Close, using an Urdu word meaning “at the water’s edge”. ///
/// In Peterborough, Salaam Court uses the Arabic word for peace which is a traditional greeting among Muslims. ///
/// Samira Close, in Waltham Forest, and Hussain Close, in Harrow, both use popular Arab names. Jamuna Close, in Tower Hamlets, takes its name from a big river in Bangladesh. ///
/// Other recently-named addresses reflect African influences, such as Ashanti Mews, in Hackney, named after a major ethnic group and area of Ghana. ///
But that's us, helping to make our migrants feel as if they are still back home, but with all that the UK can give them.
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/// Among the new names which reflect Britain's multicultural society are Masjid Lane, in Tower Hamlets, east London, which uses the Arabic term for mosque. ///
/// In Lewisham, south London, a development has been named Khadija Walk, using the name of the prophet Mohammed's first wife, the first person after him to convert to Islam. ////
/// In Oldham, there is an Allama Iqbal Road, named after Sir Muhammad Iqbal, the early twentieth century poet and politician from British India, who was a strong proponent of the political and spiritual revival of Islamic civilisation. ///
/// A nearby street is called Jinnah Close, after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of the modern state of Pakistan. Neither man was noted for his close links to the Lancashire town, although the area does have a large Asian population. ///
/// There is also a Jinnah Road, leading to a mosque and a B&Q hardware store, in Redditch, Worcestershire, and a Jinnah Court in Bradford, which also has a Qureshi View and a Kinara Close, using an Urdu word meaning “at the water’s edge”. ///
/// In Peterborough, Salaam Court uses the Arabic word for peace which is a traditional greeting among Muslims. ///
/// Samira Close, in Waltham Forest, and Hussain Close, in Harrow, both use popular Arab names. Jamuna Close, in Tower Hamlets, takes its name from a big river in Bangladesh. ///
/// Other recently-named addresses reflect African influences, such as Ashanti Mews, in Hackney, named after a major ethnic group and area of Ghana. ///
But that's us, helping to make our migrants feel as if they are still back home, but with all that the UK can give them.
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another glorious non sequitur from AOG
( change a name so therefore rip up the rails in case no one quite followed that )
Happened in Africa almost when the clock struck midnight so why wait fifty years or so ?
Abbottabad ( s/o is gonna tell me that is in Pakistan) really was called after a Mr Abbott and I cant say I get ripped over changing it to whatever....( Shah-Jehanabad or what they like)
( change a name so therefore rip up the rails in case no one quite followed that )
Happened in Africa almost when the clock struck midnight so why wait fifty years or so ?
Abbottabad ( s/o is gonna tell me that is in Pakistan) really was called after a Mr Abbott and I cant say I get ripped over changing it to whatever....( Shah-Jehanabad or what they like)
so we do
and they dont ( keep names as and when)
what's with you today ?
werent you the one blah blah blahing AOG when the council on application wanted to change Pig Lane ( where a police station was ) to ... informants' Mile or something ?
locals complained it was Pig Lane centuries before the police landed there.
You are going to mention Bella Abzug's British Troops out of Dublin ( 1970) movement soon. No she didnt change her name but they changed Dublin to Belfast priddy quig - a moments thought will show why
and they dont ( keep names as and when)
what's with you today ?
werent you the one blah blah blahing AOG when the council on application wanted to change Pig Lane ( where a police station was ) to ... informants' Mile or something ?
locals complained it was Pig Lane centuries before the police landed there.
You are going to mention Bella Abzug's British Troops out of Dublin ( 1970) movement soon. No she didnt change her name but they changed Dublin to Belfast priddy quig - a moments thought will show why
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Colston was a slave owner
and Bristol merchants were united in maintaining the slave trade ( you know that triangle thing in the atlantic ocean with Bristol at the top you had to do in History)
Jefferson ( 2nd US president ) was a slave owner - and Washington I think they are mentioned in his will ( manumission or something) - but the Americans dont have this thing about slaves we do
[ Yeah yeah OK they do - the african americans - I only said that to be vexing ]
and Bristol merchants were united in maintaining the slave trade ( you know that triangle thing in the atlantic ocean with Bristol at the top you had to do in History)
Jefferson ( 2nd US president ) was a slave owner - and Washington I think they are mentioned in his will ( manumission or something) - but the Americans dont have this thing about slaves we do
[ Yeah yeah OK they do - the african americans - I only said that to be vexing ]
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