<p>The Lansdowne Cantonment Board has passed a proposal to rename Lansdowne town, a popular tourist spot in the Pauri district of Uttarakhand, as Jaswantgarh after the 1962 India-China war hero Jaswant Singh, sources said.</p>.<p>A proposal to this effect was passed by the board earlier this week at a meeting chaired by its president Brigadier Vijay Mohan Chaudhary, they said.</p>.<p>The recommendation has been sent to the Defence Ministry which had sought proposals from all cantonment boards to rechristen places named during the British era, they said.</p>.<p>The town was called "Kalaun ka Danda", meaning a hill surrounded by dark clouds, before it was being named Lansdowne after the then Viceroy 132 years ago.</p>.<p>However, the Lansdowne cantonment board has mentioned that locals are opposed to renaming of the hill station.</p>.<p>Still, if it has got to be changed then it would be most logical to rename it as Jaswantgarh after the 1962 India-China war hero who was posthumously awarded the Paramveer Chakra, the board said in its proposal.</p>.<p>Jaswant Singh hailed from the Baria village in the Beeronkhal area of the Pauri district. He attained martyrdom on November 17 at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh during the India-China conflict of 1962 after preventing the Chinese troops from advancing for 72 hours.</p>.<p>He was deployed at the time in the 4th battalion of Garhwal Rifles at Tawang.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also said earlier that British-era names reminiscent of India's colonial past will be changed.</p>
<p>The Lansdowne Cantonment Board has passed a proposal to rename Lansdowne town, a popular tourist spot in the Pauri district of Uttarakhand, as Jaswantgarh after the 1962 India-China war hero Jaswant Singh, sources said.</p>.<p>A proposal to this effect was passed by the board earlier this week at a meeting chaired by its president Brigadier Vijay Mohan Chaudhary, they said.</p>.<p>The recommendation has been sent to the Defence Ministry which had sought proposals from all cantonment boards to rechristen places named during the British era, they said.</p>.<p>The town was called "Kalaun ka Danda", meaning a hill surrounded by dark clouds, before it was being named Lansdowne after the then Viceroy 132 years ago.</p>.<p>However, the Lansdowne cantonment board has mentioned that locals are opposed to renaming of the hill station.</p>.<p>Still, if it has got to be changed then it would be most logical to rename it as Jaswantgarh after the 1962 India-China war hero who was posthumously awarded the Paramveer Chakra, the board said in its proposal.</p>.<p>Jaswant Singh hailed from the Baria village in the Beeronkhal area of the Pauri district. He attained martyrdom on November 17 at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh during the India-China conflict of 1962 after preventing the Chinese troops from advancing for 72 hours.</p>.<p>He was deployed at the time in the 4th battalion of Garhwal Rifles at Tawang.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also said earlier that British-era names reminiscent of India's colonial past will be changed.</p>