Centre Govt. Set to Rename Kerala as 'Keralam' ahead of Assembly Elections

Описание: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (February 24, 2026) approved the Kerala government’s proposal to change the State’s name from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’, the name used in the Malayalam language.

The President will now refer the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, to the Kerala Legislative Assembly to express its views, under the proviso to Article 3 of the Constitution of India, a government statement said. Once these views are received, the Union government will take further action obtain the President’s recommendation to introduce the name change legislation in Parliament.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its first meeting held at Seva Teerth, the new complex housing the Prime Minister’s Office.

The move comes almost two years after the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution seeking the name change. The resolution, dated June 24, 2024, said: “The name of our State is ‘Keralam’ in Malayalam Language. States were formed on the basis of language on the 1st day of November, 1956. The Kerala Piravi Day is also on the 1st day of November. Since the time of National Independence Struggle, there has been a strong demand for the formation of United Kerala for the people speaking Malayalam language. But in the First Schedule to the Constitution the name of our State is recorded as ‘Kerala’. This Assembly unanimously appeal to the Central Government to take urgent steps as per Article 3 of the Constitution for modifying the name as ‘Keralam’.

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