Delhi University's North Campus's Mughal Garden has been renamed as 'Gautam Buddha Centenary' Garden. The garden in Delhi University does not have a Mughal design, was the rationale given by the university behind the rechristening, which was done on January 27. The Rashtrapati Bhavan too had on Saturday changed the name of its famed Mughal Gardens to 'Amrit Udyan.'
"The competent authority of the University of Delhi has approved the name of the garden (opposite the Vice Regal Lodge) with the statue of Gautam Buddha in its centre as Gautam Buddha Centenary Garden," said Registrar Vikas Gupta, in a notification dated January 27.
A university official said that the coinciding of the name change was a matter of chance, and that the varsity had come to the decision after a prolonged discussion with its Garden Committee.
