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The Union government’s approval to rename Islampur in Sangli district as Ishwarpur has once again reignited an old debate in Maharashtra—one that goes far beyond a name change on a signboard. It’s a debate about history, identity, and politics and about how governments often use symbolic gestures to speak louder than actual policy.

On paper, this might look like just another administrative correction. But to many, it feels like one more chapter in Maharashtra’s ongoing obsession with renaming—a trend that has grown sharper in recent years. From Aurangabad becoming Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to Osmanabad turning into Dharashiv, every such change has carried celebration and controversy in equal measure.

Supporters of the renamings argue that it’s a matter of restori

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