Allahabad to be Renamed Prayagraj Soon, Says CM Yogi Adityanath

Allahabad's ancient name was Prayag but was changed after 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar founded a fort near the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna, and named the fort and its neighbourhood 'Ilahabad'.

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