Sunday , April 11 , 2010 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100411/jsp/calcutta/story_12327326.jsp The British did it too, quite often ... Not that Independent India renamed streets alone. If governments after Independence went on a renaming spree, the British did it quite often too. The study of the first maps of Calcutta, such as Mark Wood's map of 1784, followed by Upjohn's of 1794, shows the growth and new names of streets. The city experienced the first renaming of streets under the rule of Lord Wellesley. The British continued to rename Calcutta streets, and many in the 20th century were named after Indians, even if they were politically opposed to the Imperial rule. Central Avenue was renamed Chittaranjan Avenue in 1926. Janbazar Street, which became Corporation Street, was named after S.N. Banerjee the same year. "But the British did not name roads after revolutionaries. They did so after those who participated in the parliamentary political system approved of by them," says historian Debasish Basu. [snip] --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar