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The reasoning behind them is to right the wrongs of the past.
This in nutshell is the point of this thread :)
Its weird/funny/ironic to assume as western born English (only) speaking persons that everyone who speaks English should do it perfectly. Most non-westerners learn it as a tool while already fluent in other two or three languages.
Its an antidote to the other thread.
I'll get less serious now.
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The whole Mumbai/bombay thing ..and a whole load of other name change has it's roots in the rise of indian/Hindu nationalism.
The reasoning behind them is to right the wrongs of the past. The British often anglofied names in order to make them easier to pronounce and spell in English. However the modern populous mass see it as oppression of native names and languages... often local politicians achieve huge support if they start a programmes of renaming places, despite doing nothing for the people that are mostly hungry and living a squalor.
The programme has now moved onto muhgal names of places that are reverting to hinduesque names that they were allegedly name before..for example allahabad is now prayagraj