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Renaming Kerala as Keralam
Parliament has cleared the Bill that would record the State in the Constitution as Keralam, the form Malayalam speakers have always used: the Lok Sabha passed it on 11 August 2026 and the Rajya Sabha on 12 August. Nothing is renamed until the President assents.
Last updated 13 August 20265 min read
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Recorded the Rajya Sabha's passage on 12 August 2026, which takes the renaming Bill through both Houses, and added the Upper House debate that the Lok Sabha never had. Fills in the state-consent step too: the President referred the Bill to the Kerala Assembly, which agreed to it by a unanimous resolution. Nothing is renamed yet - the Bill still awaits the President's assent, so Kerala remains the State's constitutional name.
- Keralam
- Kerala
- Article 3
- First Schedule
- Kerala Alteration of Name Bill
- Union Cabinet
- state renaming
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