A leading Indian non-governmental organisation (NGO) has announced plans to name a village in the country after US President Donald Trump in an effort to boost US-India relations.
The development comes ahead of Trump's 71st birthday on Wednesday, which Hindu right-wing activists plan to celebrate in the Indian capital.
Bindeshwar Pathak, founder and chief of NGO Sulabh International, is "to name one Indian village after President Trump, as part of efforts to further the India-US relationship" at a community event in Washington, a statement on the organisation's Facebook page said.
"We are developing this village in the northern state of Haryana, where toilets for all homes have been built by Sulabh. We will name the village after President Trump after discussing it with the villagers," Pathak told dpa.
This would not be the first village in India to be named after a US president. A village near New Delhi was renamed Carterpuri to commemorate US president Jimmy Carter's visit to the village in 1978.
The announcement comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first meeting with Trump in Washington later this month.
