U.P.’s Jalalabad to get a new name, it’s Parashurampuri

Lucknow

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday (August 20, 2025) approved the renaming of Jalalabad town in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district to Parashurampuri.

“I am to invite attention to Government of Uttar Pradesh letter No. 591/N-2/2025 E-1922059, dated 27.06.2025 on the subject mentioned above (renaming of town Jalalabad as Parashurampuri in Shahjahanpur district) and to say that Government of India has No Objection to the change of the name of town Jalalabad as Parashurampuri, District Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh,” reads the letter by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) addressed to the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.

The Centre asked the State government to notify the new name, Parashurampuri, by registering it in Devnagri (Hindi) and Roman (English) scripts, and in all regional languages.

The Uttar Pradesh government, in a letter to the MHA, had said that Jalalabad is known as the birthplace of Parashuram, the saint, and houses an ancient temple dedicated to him. The Jalalabad municipal board had passed a resolution to rename it after Parashuram.

After the Union government’s approval, Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP from Pilibhit Jitin Prasada, who hails from Shahjahanpur, expressed his gratitude. “Heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Honorable Home Minister Shri Amit Shah ji for giving permission to change the name of Jalalabad ... to ‘Parshurampuri’. Heartfelt gratitude, salutations and congratulations to the respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Hon. Chief Minister Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji. This decision taken under your guidance and leadership has given a proud moment to the entire Sanatani society,” he wrote on X.