The Union Home Ministry has renamed Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to Vijayapuram. Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the new name of Port Blair in a post on X. Amit Shah said that under PM Narendra Modi's vision to free the country from colonial identity, we have decided to change the name of Port Blair to Sri Vijay Puram. Now another mark of slavery has been erased. He wrote that the earlier name had colonial heritage. Vijay Puram symbolizes the victory achieved in the freedom struggle and the unique role of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in it. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have a unique place in our freedom struggle and history. This island region, which once served as the naval base of the Chola Empire, is today set to become an important base for our strategic and development aspirations.  It is also the place where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose hoisted the tricolour for the first time and is also the Cellular Jail where Veer Savarkar and other freedom fighters fought for an independent nation.