It was renamed in 1970 after the death of icon Moin-ul-Haq,  who was general secretary of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), India's chef-de-mission of the Indian Olympic contingent in 1948 to London and in 1952 to Helsinki, and one of the founding vice-presidents along with K A D Naoroji of the Bihar Cricket Association, in the year 1936 at Jamshedpur,  of Bihar.
In 1970, the area was renamed posthumously after Moin-ul-Haq. He played crucial roles: as general secretary of Indian Olympic Association (IOA), chef-de-mission for the Indian Olympic team at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, and a founding vice-president of Bihar Cricket Association in 1936.