{"id":109227,"date":"2021-12-27T22:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109227"},"modified":"2021-12-27T22:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:09:51","slug":"fact-check-mumbai-veermata-jijamata-udyan-peer-baba-hazrat-haji-false-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-mumbai-veermata-jijamata-udyan-peer-baba-hazrat-haji-false-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Mumbai&#8217;s Veermata Jijabai Udyan renamed to Hazrat Haji Pir Baba Rani Bagh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An image featuring a sign that reads \u2018Hazrat Haji Pir Baba Rani Bagh\u2019 is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the name of Mumbai\u2019s Veermata Jijabai Udyan was changed to \u2018Hazrat Haji Pir Baba Rani Bagh\u2019. Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marathikedar\/status\/1473157660165881857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kedar<\/a> shared the photo with this claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9.jpg 495w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-9-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%20%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%20&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Numerous Twitter users<\/a> also promoted the image and accompanying message.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-109227 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-mumbai-veermata-jijamata-udyan-peer-baba-hazrat-haji-false-claim\/2021-12-21-18_46_33-window-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/2021-12-21-18_46_33-Window.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109231 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-24.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-24.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-24-300x133.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-24-768x340.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Alt News did not find any news reports to corroborate the claim about the alleged name change.<\/p>\n<p>However, we came across a video posted by a user named Zaid <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yx31WegiOzs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dated November 26, 2021<\/a>. A signboard appears in this clip <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yx31WegiOzs?t=65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the 1:04 mark<\/a> which reads \u2018Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan and Zoo\u2019 in Hindi.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109232 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-25.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-25.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-25-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/word-image-25-768x436.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News contacted Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan and spoke with the organisation&#8217;s director Dr Sanjay Tripathi. \u201cThere is an old dargah on the Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan and Zoo premises called the Hazrat Haji Pir Dargah. The accompanying signboard near the dargah is shown in the viral image, which is now circulating with the false claim about the Udyan\u2019s name being changed to Hazrat Haji Pir Baba Rani Bagh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An image of a signboard of a dargah located in the premises of Veermata Jijabai Bhonsale Udyan and Zoo was, thus, shared with the false claim that the park\u2019s name was changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image featuring a sign that reads \u2018Hazrat Haji Pir Baba Rani Bagh\u2019 is viral on social media. It has been claimed that the name of Mumbai\u2019s Veermata Jijabai Udyan was changed to \u2018Hazrat Haji Pir Baba Rani Bagh\u2019. Twitter user Kedar shared the photo with this claim. Numerous Twitter users also promoted the image [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":109282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-109227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-economics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/compare-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109315,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109227\/revisions\/109315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109227"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=109227"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=109227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}