MoCA to rename Chandigarh airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh airport
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has issued the notification renaming the Chandigarh International Airport as Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport.
On September 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Chandigarh airport will be renamed after Bhagat Singh as a tribute to the freedom fighter.
The 115th birth anniversary of the freedom fighter was celebrated on September 28. On the same day, it was announced that the Chandigarh airport has been renamed after Bhagat Singh.
In a notification dated November 2, MoCA said, “it is notified that the Chandigarh International Airport in Chandigarh is named as ‘Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh’ with immediate effect”.
