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DeTect: Urdu wasn’t replaced with Sanskrit on station board

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Chennai

A politician recently wrote ‘Sanskrit’ while tweeting pictures of the signboard at Dehradun railway station. The first photo shows the name written in Hindi, English and Urdu, the second picture shows Urdu replaced with Sanskrit. Alt News found the politician had shared an old photo with the city’s name originally written in Urdu replaced with Sanskrit. The board was altered to its earlier form a few days later.

First published on www.altnews.in

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