Subhechcha Ganguly 
The resolution was sponsored by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, requesting that the state’s name be changed in all of the languages specified in the Constitution by the union government.Almost a year after passing a resolution that was identical but was later returned for revisions by the Centre, the Kerala Assembly unanimously approved a second resolution on Monday requesting that the Centre formally rename the state as “Keralam.”During the resolution’s presentation, Vijayan stated that since the national freedom movement, Malayalam speakers have strongly demanded a unified Kerala. The state is known as “Keralam” in Malayalam.
However, the First Schedule of the Constitution lists Kerala as the name of our state. The Eighth Schedule of the Constitution states that it must be renamed “Keralam” in all the languages indicated, and this Assembly demands that the Centre act immediately to alter it as such under Article 3 of the Constitution, according to PTI.The motion was backed by members of the opposition UDF as well as the ruling LDF. Some modifications proposed by UDF legislator N Shamsudeen were turned down by the administration. The measure was then unanimously approved by the assembly, according to Speaker A. N. Shamseer.
Since India’s independence, the names of more than a hundred cities and numerous states have changed. In remembrance of the Uttarakhand Andolan movement, which resulted in the state’s split from Uttar Pradesh in 2000, Uttaranchal became Uttarakhand in 2007. In 2011, Orissa changed its name to Odisha as a result of the Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act. The Union Territory of Pondicherry was renamed Puducherry in 2006. Among the capital cities with new names are Madras, which became Chennai, and Bombay, which became Mumbai.
