Westbengal ----------------> Pashchimbanga

From today 19th august 2011, our state will be known as Paschimbanga in english also [previously known as West-Bengal in english and Paschimbanga in Bengali]. My question is, the name change was necessary actually ??
They have shown following reasons behind the name-change.

• West Bengal comes at the end in alphabetical order in the all states meet where issues are addressed. But by the time we get turn most of the people feel sleepy. This was a problem as most of the people used to loose attention at the end.
• Presently there is no existence of East Bengal so the word ‘West’ before Bengal is meaningless.
• It is weird for a state to have different names in different languages. [ As it was West Bengal in English and Paschimbanga in bengali ] ..

Now, my points are.....

• One state will come at the end in alphabetical order, this is for sure.. Changing name is not a solution. After changing the name, there are some states after paschimbanga -- Rajasthan, Tripura, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim etc. If these states change their names for the same reason and come before paschimbanga then will we change our name again ?

• Bengal was partitioned into two provinces, West Bengal and East Bengal before independence. In 1947, East Bengal became East Pakistan and in 1971 it became a separate country named 'Bangladesh' after the war of independence with West Pakistan. So the name 'West Bengal' has a big historic significance. We shouldn't forget that. But, alas......

• Our country has two different name is two different languages. 'Bharat' in bengali or Hindi and 'India' in english. Should we change the name of our country also ??

• My last point is 'Current Financial Condition of our state'. After becoming CM, Mamata Banerjee has told more than 1000 times about the poor financial condition she have got from previous state-govt. The whole name-change process is very very expensive. In this situation, was it necessary ??
  

In the end, I can only say, I am just nobody. Where, Ministers, MLAs, So-called Intellectuals have taken this decision, maybe they must have thought properly. Lets hope that with the new name, the state will move ahead and would achieve success in all fields. Lets hope that Paschimbanga will be known as an ideal state of India where there would be no existence of corruption, violence, poverty and Industry and cultivation would flourish.

NOTE :
Previous name of few other states have been changed earlier. Previous name of the state Uttar Pradesh was United Provinces. In 1950 the name was changed from United Provinces to Uttar Pradesh.
Karnataka was known as State of Mysore before 1973. The name is changed in 1973.
In 1969, Madras was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
Orissa was renamed as Odisha on 9 November 2010.
On 19 August, the decision to change the name of West Bengal has been taken. The new name will be Paschimbanga. The decision will be send to Central Government for approval.