West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday named the upcoming airport at Andal near Durgapur in Bardhman, some 100-odd km from the city, as Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport.
Nazrul Islam, a Bengali poet is popularly known as ‘bidrohi kobi’ (rebel poet). He was born in Churulia village in the same district (of Bardhaman) that the airport is coming up.
Kazi Nazrul Islam later migrated to Bangladesh in 1972. Nazrul Islam is officially recognised as the national poet of Bangladesh and commemorated in India.
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