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Incidentally, Bakhtiyarpur is the birthplace of CM Nitish Kumar.Giriraj said Bakhtiyarpur was named after Ikhtiyar Uddin Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji, who destroyed Nalanda University. In this context, Giriraj praised Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath for renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj.“Khilji looted Bakhtiyarpur, Nalanda and many other places in Bihar, but Bakhtiyarpur is named after him. PATNA: Union minister and senior BJP functionary Giriraj Singh on Monday demanded that names of all places associated with Mughals in the country, including that of Bakhtiyarpur, be changed. Giriraj is like an elder brother to us and he should know the history of Bakhtiyarpur. The names of hundreds of other places in Bihar were renamed by Mughal rulers, like Akbarpur in Nawada..