The BJP-led central government on Saturday changed the name of the iconic Mughal Gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi to ‘Amrit Udyan’.

Designed in 1917, the gardens spread over 15 acres are also known as the “soul of the presidential palace” and were renamed in view of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’.

Boards bearing the name ‘Mughal Garden’ were replaced with new sign boards reading ‘Amrit Udyan’.

“On the occasion of the celebrations of 75 years of Independence as ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the President of India has given a common name to the Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens as ‘Amrit Udyan’,” said Navika Gupta, deputy press secretary to President Droupadi Murmu.

The resplendent gardens are open to the public once a year and people can visit from January 31 this time. President Droupadi Murmu will grace the opening of the gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan – Udyan Utsav 2023 – on Sunday.

The government had last year renamed Delhi’s iconic Rajpath as “Kartavya Path”. The renaming of the stretch and other institutions is in line with the Centre’s effort to remove any trace of colonial mindset, it has maintained.

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