Panel set up to rename Coronation Park
New-Delhi- The Coronation Park in Delhi got its name due to the three coronation durbars in the year, 1877, 1903 and 1911. This decade long norm will perhaps be changed as the historical venue will now be renamed because most of the experts feel that the name is inappropriate and praises British Era.
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) who owns the plot has appointed a four member expert committee to get a new name for the park. DDA had asked the panel to examine the need for renaming the park as well as get a suitable name for the park.
A proposal to set up a permanent exhibition to come up at the interpretation centre in the Park has also been entrusted by the DDA to the expert committee. The panel consists of popular members along with politicians and historians.
According to sources, the academic and cultural circles feel that the name “Coronation Park” is praising the British Era and is inappropriate from an Indian context. The committee members who are appointed to rename the park have lived there for decades and have studied the evolution of the Capital.
As per an official, the members will very soon go on a site visit and observe the redevelopment of the property. The new name will be discussed once the team visits the site.
As per a professor, there are many places which have to be renamed as the names they have are based on people and things which are not relevant any more. They will further try and reconcile their past with the present.
A site in North Delhi is expected to have the permanent exhibition with the exhibition designer being Siddhartha Chatterjee and his team. They are working on the storyline to avoid praising the Durbar or the Raj. The exhibition will be majorly designed on the evolution of New Delhi as the Capital and very less on the three Durbars held at the park. The storyline by the committee will ensure that there is no wrong message delivered.
The park also has a 31-metre flag post towering over the obelisk to host the tricolor. It is believed that the park might be inaugurated this Independence Day, perhaps the slow paced work might delay the inauguration.
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