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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee renamed six cities and townships in the state. The North Bengal city of Siliguri will be known as Teesta after a major river in the region and Bolpur as Gitabitan, a popular compilation of songs of Rabindranath Tagore. The twin industrial towns of Asansol-Durgapur will be known as Agnibina, a collection of poems by poet Kazi Najrul Islam.Gajal in Malda district will be rechristened as Mukta Tirtha while Garia near Kolkata will become Uttam City, after the late matinee idol Uttam Kumar. Mamata also renamed Kalyani, the township in Nadia district developed during the time of Bidhan Chandra Roy's chief ministership, as Samriddhi.We have plotted the new names and locations on a Google Map to give a better idea of the extent of Mamata's renaming spree.
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