Gandhinagar: A huge twitter storm containing over 77,000 tweets (as on 9 pm on 3rd March) was witnessed today with hashtag #WeWantKarnavati, demanding the name of the city Ahmedabad to be changed to Karnavati, the erstwhile name of the city.

Ahmedabad residents joined by thousands of people nationwide, through this trend urged to restore the city’s name to Karnavati.

The twitter trend was started on Wednesday on 3rd March, 2021 and many people have started the petitions regarding the same on change.org which are addressing to various State and Central level authorities.

People are asserting through the twitter trend that ‘Ahmedabad’ should be renamed as ‘Karnavati’ because intolerant, bigot and fanatic Sultan Ahmed Shah had renamed the original city ‘Karnavati’ as ‘Ahmedabad’ on 26th February, 1411 and by doing so tried to replace the original culture and civilization. There are number of misdeeds of Ahmed Shah recorded in history including his attack on Rudra Mahalay Shiv Mandir in Sidhpur in North Gujarat. The Shiv Mandir is presently in ruined condition.

Some Tweets have also used the term ‘Invader’ for Ahmed Shah and stated that it’s time for restoration of city’s real historic name and to show the glory of real Gujarat.

Invader named Ahmad Shah changed it from karnavati to Ahmedabad on 26th Feb, 1411. It’s time for restoration of city’s real historic name, to show the glory of real gujarat. RPT #WeWantKarnavati pic.twitter.com/GCCJp8cfKc

— rudra# प्रशासक_समिति। (@rudraashagmail1) March 3, 2021

TV Actor Gajendra Chauhan who is known for playing the role of Yudhishthira in the historical TV series Mahabharat of B.R. Chopra, have also supported this trend on twitter. He mentioned in his tweet that Ahmedabad name signifies an invader who looted us, killed our people but Karnavati signifies our glory and culture.

Correct the History!!

Ahmedabad name signifies an Invader who looted us, killed our people but Karnavati signifies our glory and culture

I request Govt authorities to restore Ahmedabad ‘s original name Karnavati and bring back the glory#WeWantKarnavati https://t.co/aBIC34XW8N

— Gajendra Chauhan (@Gajjusay) March 3, 2021

Many tweets are addressing and mentioning BJP leaders including Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, Deputy CM Nitin Patel, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and also PM Narendra Modi. One tweet asserts that Ahmedabad name is a historical mistake and real name of this progressive city is Karnavati and now it’s time to rectify this mistake. It’s worth noting that Chief Minister Rupani has in a reply to opposition MLA Virji Thummar today in the State assembly said that the State government has not sent any proposal to the Centre seeking renaming of Ahmedabad as Karnavati.

Ahmedabad name is a historical mistake and real name of this progressive city is Karnavati.
Now it’s time to rectify this mistake and rename this town as Karnavati.@AmitShah https://t.co/1Q0cbANTYU#WeWantKarnavati pic.twitter.com/OohLi9UDiS

— Pradeep Mahaur (@Pradeep_Mahaur) March 3, 2021

A Tweet also claimed that the demand of renaming of Ahmedabad was originally made by Veer Vinayak Savarkar.

Demand of renaming of Ahmedabad was probably originally made by Veer Vinayak Savarkar.
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Support Karnavati – Change name of Ahmedabad – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/t7GdlhTsWb#WeWantKarnavati pic.twitter.com/BOOe67Jw4n

— राष्ट्रहित सर्वोपरि🏹 #प्रशासक_समिति (@Rastrhit_Sainik) March 3, 2021

Support this trend #WeWantKarnavati pic.twitter.com/ERGPWlbgcX

— योगेश स्वामी (1) #प्रशासक समिति (@YOGESHROHITASHA) March 3, 2021

पिछले 30 सालो से गुजरात की जनता ने आपको दिल खोल के वोट दिए है

यशस्वी प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi की कीर्ति भी Guj. की जनता के अपार प्रेम की ही उपज है

आज गुजरात समेत पूरा भारतवर्ष मांग कर रहा है अमदाबाद का नाम कर्णावती कर हमारे इतिहास से योग्य न्याय किया जाए #WeWantKarnavati pic.twitter.com/g2jmN2gKJd

— * * (@Raajputani) March 3, 2021

किसी शहर या जगह का नाम बदलो यह हमारी मांग नहीं है,
जो नाम पहले था वहीं पुन: प्रचलित हो यही हमारी मांग है..!#WeWantKarnavati pic.twitter.com/z42FfVrm6i

— Sachin Shitole | सचिन शितोळे (@SS_Nationalist) March 3, 2021

अहमद शाह एक लुटेरा आतंकी था लुटेरों और आक्रांता ओं के नाम ओ निशान अविलंब भारत की पुण्य भूमि से मिटा दिए जाने चाहिए…#WeWantKarnavati

— Shriraj Nair (@snshriraj) March 3, 2021

मेरी आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री मोदी जी से मांग है कि अहमदाबाद का नाम बदलकर कर्णावती कर दिया जाए#WeWantKarnavati@Gajjusay pic.twitter.com/RFUuyVnlFg

— Ravinder Gupta (@guptaravinder71) March 3, 2021

मेरी आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री मोदी जी से मांग है कि अहमदाबाद का नाम बदलकर कर्णावती कर दिया जाए #WeWantKarnavati

— Gorakhnath BaBa (@MlaGorakhnath) March 3, 2021

I am not Gujarati but still I feel Ahamadabad should get it's original name back KARNAVATI .

Support Karnavati – Change name of Ahmedabad #WeWantKarnavati

— Baby Kumari BJP (@babykumaribjp) March 3, 2021

We are not demanding to change name,but we are demanding to restore orignal name.

Ahmedabad to Karnavati #WeWantKarnavati

— Bamba Lal Diwakar (@Bambalal_BJP) March 3, 2021

मेरी आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री मोदी जी से मांग है कि अहमदाबाद का नाम बदलकर कर्णावती कर दिया जाए #WeWantKarnavati

— Arun Yadav (@beingarun28) March 3, 2021

पिछले कुछ समय से #अहमदाबाद का नाम बदलकर #कर्णावती रखने की उठी मांग को @Gajjusay ने जायज ठहराया।

हालांकि नाम बदलने की कोई दर्खास्त सरकार की और से नही हुई और नही भेजी गई है।

मुख्यमंत्री @vijayrupanibjp ने विधानसभा मैं दी लिखित रूप से जानकारी।@JapanPathak #WeWantKarnavati

— Janak Dave (@dave_janak) March 3, 2021