Several roads across the world are named after the Indian anti-colonial nationalist and lawyer, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (a.k.a. Mahatma Gandhi), known for his nonviolent resistance to lead a successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule.
In some places, the roads are also known by their abbreviated form "M.G. Road". In other countries, Mahatma Gandhi Road is known by different names, including Gandhistraat, Gandhiweg, and Gandhiplein .[1]
M.G. Road is one of the most frequently used road names in India,[citation needed] Agra having two of them.[2] Several other Indian cities have a road by this name. In 2010, attempts were made to rename Hillcroft Avenue in Houston, Texas to Mahatma Gandhi Avenue but the proponents were unable to secure signatures from 75% of the property owners. As a result, the group settled for renaming the areas around Hillcroft Avenue to Mahatma Gandhi district.[3] In Kolkata, Central Road has renamed Harrison Road in 1892 after Sir Henry Leland Harrison, then the chairman of Calcutta Corporation;[4] it has recently been renamed again to Mahatma Gandhi Road. In many cities in South India, Mahatma Gandhi Road is popularly known by other names. In Chennai, it is known as Nungambakkam High Road. In Coimbatore, Mahatma Gandhi Road is popularly known by Avarampalayam Road.[citation needed]
In India
edit| State/UT | City | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | Mahatma Gandhi Inner Ring Road |
| Ongole | Gandhi Road | |
| Tirupathi | Gandhi Road | |
| Vijayawada | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Assam | Dispur | Mahatma Gandhi Path |
| Uzan Bazaar, Guwahati | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Bihar | Patna | Gandhi Maidan Marg |
| Mahatma Gandhi Nagar | ||
| Chhattisgarh | Raigarh | Mahatma Gandhi Road |
| Raipur | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman | Mahatma Gandhi Marg |
| Delhi | Adarsh Nagar | Mahatma Gandhi Marg |
| Civil Lines, Delhi | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Lajpat Nagar | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Mukherjee Nagar | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Ramesh Nagar | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Timarpur | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Goa | Panaji | MG Road |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad-Vadodara | Mahatma Gandhi Expressway (National Expressway 1) |
| Bardoli | MG Road, Bardoli | |
| Porbandar | MG Road, Sudama Chowk | |
| Surat | MG Road, Chowk Bazaar to Station | |
| Vadodara | MG Road, Karkadiya | |
| MG Road, Yakputpur | ||
| Veraval | MG Road, Veraval | |
| Karnataka | Bangalore | Mahatma Gandhi Road |
| Mangalore | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Mysore | Gandhi Square | |
| Mysore | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Tumkur | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Bellary | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Kolar | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Hassan | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Kerala | Kochi | Mahatma Gandhi Road |
| Kottayam | MG Road | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | MG Road | |
| Thrissur | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | Gandhi Road |
| Indore | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | Mahatma Gandhi road |
| Akola | Gandhi road | |
| Mumbai | MG Road, Fort | |
| MG Road, Kandivali-West | ||
| MG Road, Pant Nagar, Ghatkopar East | ||
| MG Road, Borivali East | ||
| MG Road 2, Kandivali | ||
| MG Road 2, Goregaon | ||
| Nashik | MG Road | |
| Pune | MG Road | |
| Thane | Mahatma Gandhi Road | |
| Wardha | MG Road | |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | MG Road |
| Manipur | Imphal | MG Avenue |
| Puducherry | Pondicherry | Mahatma Gandhi Road |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | Mahatma Gandhi Marg |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Mahatma Gandhi Road, more popularly known as Nungambakkam High Road.
Hosur in Tamilnadu |
| Coimbatore | Mahatma Gandhi Road, more popularly known as Sarojini Naidu Road.[5] | |
| Telangana | Secunderabad | Mahatma Gandhi Road |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra | Mahatma Gandhi Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road II[2] |
| Allahabad | Mahatma Gandhi Marg | |
| Bahraich | Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bahraich | |
| Kanpur | Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kanpur | |
| Lucknow | Mahatma Gandhi Road, Lucknow | |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata[4]Mahatma Gandhi Road, Haridevpur |
| Durgapur | Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durgapur |
Outside India
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ Kolkata Wheels 2011, p. 1.
- ^ a b IANS 2011, p. 1.
- ^ Moreno 2010, p. 1.
- ^ a b Ganguly & Bhattacharya 2010, p. 1.
- ^ "Building violating rules demolished in city", The Hindu, Chennai, India, 29 April 2011, archived from the original on 12 July 2011, retrieved 24 July 2011
- ^ Location on Google Maps of Mahatma Gandhi street in Buenos Aires (between Antezana, Ferrari) (accessed 15 December 2020)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Kort 2011, p. 1.
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ "President inaugurates Mahatma Gandhi Street in Amman - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ "Mahatma Gandhi St". Google Maps. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Hindus in Philippines", AgamaHindu.com
- ^ "MG Road in Warsaw". Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "MG Road in Łódź".
- ^ "Blueprint for a revolution". Financial Times. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Clark 2005, p. 1.
- ^ "Jardins de Gandhi, Spain". Google Maps. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ VilaWeb. "barcelona-pays-homage-to-legendary-world-figures-through-its-streets-and-squares" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "In these turbulent times, a street might honor Mohandas Gandhi". 25 August 2021.
References
edit- Moreno, Jenalia (2010), Signs of identity, Houston Chronicle
- Ganguly; Bhattacharya (2010), Wayward city, The Telegraph, archived from the original on 13 April 2010
- Kolkata Wheels (2011), Mahatma Gandhi Road (Harrison Road) - A cobbled road of history
- IANS (2011), Agra gets second road named after Mahatma Gandhi, archived from the original on 22 March 2012, retrieved 6 July 2011
- Clark, Grant (17 March 2005), SA outcry at 'insult' to Gandhi, BBC
- Kort, Peter (2011), Indian names of Dutch Streets, Wahid Saleh