One airport, many names!

Cooch Behar: Although air service is yet to resume from the Cooch Behar Airport, several organisations have started fighting over its name.
The Greater Cooch Behar People's Association wants the airport to be named after the last king of Cooch Behar State ~ Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan. GCPA leader Mr Pabitra Barman said the Maharaja was very popular and very kind hearted too.
The Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party, on the other hand, wants the airport to be named after Chilarai. Chilarai was a great hero of Cooch Behar royal family. He was famous for his courage and might.
Forward Bloc and its youth wing wants the airport to be named after late Kamal Guha. Guha was the chairman of the Forward Bloc's Bangla committee and the general secretary of the party's Cooch Behar district unit.
District Trinamul Congress president Mr Rabindra Nath Ghosh, meanwhile, said they sent a memorandum to the Union civil aviation minister, Mr Praful Patel, last week, demanding naming of Cooch Behar Airport after Maharaja Nripendra Narayan.
25/10/07 The Statesman

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Categories: Airports Oct 2007, New Oct 2007