Overview
- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation issued a notification on June 20 renaming Suhrawardy Avenue in Park Circus to Gopal Mukherjee Road.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari hailed the move as a correction of a “historical wrong” and praised Gopal Mukherjee as a protector during the 1946 communal violence.
- Multiple historians and fact checks cite the Calcutta Municipal Gazette (1932–33) showing the road was named for Sir Hassan Suhrawardy, an academic and former vice‑chancellor, not his nephew Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy.
- Opposition parties and some academics have demanded explanations, are seeking meetings with the chief minister, and argue the renaming raises procedural and record‑keeping questions because the KMC was run by an appointed administrator.
- The decision has reopened debates over contested wartime legacies in Bengal and could have practical effects on local records, addresses and public memory if the change is retained or reversed.