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Demand to change name of GBA to 'Bṛhat Bengaluru Prādhikāra'

Demand to change name of GBA to 'Bṛhat Bengaluru Prādhikāra'
Image: Prajavani

Cultural figures and activists have demanded that the English name 'Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA)' on the BBMP building signboard be changed to 'Bṛhat Bengaluru Prādhikāra'. Kannada Geleyara Balaga and Karnataka Vikas Ranga jointly wrote a letter to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. They requested that the name be changed to 'Bṛhat Bengaluru Prādhikāra' in the next cabinet meeting.

Originally reported by Prajavani Summarised from the source’s public news feed without altering the facts. Read the original report for the full story.
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