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NEW DELHI/BEIJING, April 4 - India rejected on Tuesday the renaming by China of places in what India regards as its eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as part of its territory.
This was the third time China had unilaterally changed the names of locations in Arunachal Pradesh.
China's Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday released the standardised names of 11 places for Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls ''Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet'' in accordance with regulations on geographical names issued by the State Council, China's cabinet.
Mohammed Mushtaq Ahmed had challenged the approval granted by the Maharashtra government and the Centre to a proposal to change the name.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea challenging the decision to rename Aurangabad in Maharashtra to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.