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LUCKNOW: Days after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced the renaming of Faizabad division as Ayodhya , the state cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval to the change of name. The four districts that were under Allahabad division will now be under Prayagraj division and the five districts under Faizabad division will now be in Ayodhya division, nothing else changes,” said urban development minister Suresh Khanna. The cabinet also approved the name-change of Allahabad division to Prayagraj.Ayodhya division will now comprise of Ayodhya, Ambedkarnagar, Sultanpur, Amethi and Barabanki districts while Prayagraj division will include Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh districts. “There was no point in having an Allahabad division when the main city has been renamed something else. Ayodhya has been the capital of various dynasties, including the Ikshvaku dynasty of which Lord Ram is a descendent..