The school was repainted four days ago with ‘PM Shri Composite School’ being painted at the entrance, replacing ‘Shaheed Hamid Vidyalaya’, Hamid’s grandson said

After massive uproar erupted over the removal of 1965 war hero Abdul Hamid’s name from the main gate of a primary school in Dhamupur village under Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh where he once studied, the administration decided to reinstate the name on Monday (February 17, 2025).