Source: ETF Database
Days after China renamed six places in Arunachal Pradesh, Many prominent personalities were urging the government to rename the Shantipath in New Delhi as His Holiness Dalai Lama Road to avenge Chinese action.
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China is situated in the Shantipath.
On April 14, the Chinese government had released standardised Chinese names of six towns in Arunachal Pradesh in response to Dalai Lama’s Tawang visit and termed the move as a ‘legitimate action’.
Many prominent personalities took to Twitter to demand to rename Shantipath as Chinese Embassy’s address will be changed to Dalai Lama Marg.
India had sent a strong message to China that renaming the states of a neighbour does not make an illegal occupation legal.