 Upon independence in 1911, with both the secular government and the Bogd Khan's palace present, the city's name was changed to "Niĭslel Khüree" (ᠨᠡᠶᠢᠰᠯᠡᠯ ᠬᠦᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ; Нийслэл Хүрээ, "Capital Camp").When the city became the capital of the new Mongolian People's Republic in 1924, its name was changed to Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар, "Ulaanbaatar", classical Mongolian "Ulaganbagatur", literally "Red Hero").On the session of the 1st Great People's Khuraldaan of Mongolia in 1924, a majority of delegates expressed their wish to change the capital city's name to "Baatar Khot" ("Hero City").