Kolkata Wants Mughal and Colonial Names Off Its Streets

Kolkata renamed Suhrawardy Avenue to Gopal Mukherjee Road on 20 June 2026, triggering a national row.

WB CM Suvendu Adhikari says no street should bear Mughal, Pathan or oppressive British-ruler names.

Critics say the civic body targeted the wrong Suhrawardy — an educationist, not the 1946 politician.

Gopal 'Patha' Mukherjee was a Direct Action Day strongman whose own family insists he was not anti-Muslim.

Kolkata has renamed colonial streets since 1947; what's new is the open, identity-first rationale.