Union Cabinet approves Kerala’s name change to Keralam, following a unanimous Assembly resolution advocating for the shift.

The bill to rename Kerala to 'Keralam' is likely to be approved by the central government in a meeting scheduled on Tuesday, February 24.

The Union Cabinet is likely to consider a bill today proposing to change the name of Kerala to “Keralam”, following state assembly’s approval

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal for the alteration of the name of the state of Kerala to ‘Keralam’. 

Explore the process of renaming Indian states, focusing on Kerala's transition to Keralam and the constitutional framework involved.

Explore the process of renaming Indian states, focusing on Kerala's transition to Keralam and the constitutional framework involved.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had a witty take on Kerala's name change on Tuesday, asking what happens now to the terms "Keralite" and "Keralan" for the "denizens" of the new "Keralam".

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had a witty take on Kerala's name change on Tuesday, asking what happens now to the terms "Keralite" and "Keralan" for the "denizens" of the new "Keralam".

Shashi Tharoor, in a separate post on X, had a "small linguistic question" - what happens now to the terms "Keralite" and "Keralan" for the "denizens" of the new "Keralam".