President Murmu gives assent to bill renaming Kerala as Keralam

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• 2026-08-17

  Parliament passes bill to rename Kerala as Keralam

  Both Houses of Parliament have passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, which amends the First Schedule of the Constitution to replace Kerala with Keralam. The Lok Sabha cleared the bill on 11 August and the Rajya Sabha followed a day later, but the change takes legal effect only after presidential assent and a subsequent notification. The bill responds to a resolution passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2024 seeking a name that more closely reflects the state's Malayalam linguistic identity.

• 2026-08-19

  President Murmu gives assent to bill renaming Kerala as Keralam

  President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, after the Lok Sabha passed it on 11 August and the Rajya Sabha on 12 August. The Act amends the Constitution, including the First Schedule, to substitute Kerala with Keralam, but the change takes legal effect only once the Central Government issues a notification appointing the date, as with other Article 3 name changes. The bill followed a 2024 resolution of the Kerala Legislative Assembly seeking a name that better reflects the state's Malayalam linguistic identity.