Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd) VK Singh on Tuesday wrote to the Minister of Urban Development of India, Venkaiah Naidu, to rename the historical 'Akbar road' as 'Maharana Pratap Road.' 

In his letter Singh says that Maharana Pratap had played an instrumental role in stopping the might of Mughal emperor Akbar, and was truly secular and a man of the masses.  "His Army was led by a Pathan and he had Bhils, Adivasis, and others, who formed part of his Army," wrote Singh. 


The Minister of Development of North Eastern Region also mentioned that if 'Akbar road' could not be changed to 'Maharana Pratap', some other suitably important road in the Lutyen Zone should be renamed after the historical figure. 


"I do feel that important personalities like Maharana Pratap and Chhatrapati Shivaji deserve greater recognition than they have been given thus far," Singh wrote in the letter.