In a major move to recognize the UK's diverse communities in public spaces, Havelock Road in Southall could be renamed after the founder of Sikhism Guru Nanak, said Ealing council leader Julian Bell.
The road is named after Sir Henry Havelock, a British Army general who ruthlessly put down the Revolt of 1857, first Indian War of Independence.
This helped to establish the British Raj in India and so it argued that the name carries connotations of colonial domination and enslavement.
The consultation is part of a wider process, launched this week by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, to re-evaluate memorials - including statues and public spaces - that commemorate British colonialism sparked by the global Black Lives Matter protests.
Several statues of British slave traders have been removed in the UK whilst protesters defaced a statue of Winston Churchill - revered by some for his role in defeating Nazism and condemned by others for his part in tragedies such as the Bengal Famine of the early 1940's as well as his opposition to Indian independence.
In a video message to residents of the area, Councillor Julian Bell, leader of Ealing Council said he welcomed the Mayor's initiative to represent London's diversity.
"I welcome the Mayor's announcement today of a review of our public spaces across the city to make sure that they do represent London as it is today. Our diversity is our strength and we need to make sure that our public realm, our statues, our road names, our buildings, reflect our diversity and do not reflect a frozen past where colonialism, racism and the slave trade were present and celebrated," Bell said.
The change of names will "symbolise the huge contribution of our Sikh community in Ealing and also diversity as a borough, and also it will represent our unity as a borough too", he added.
The move was also welcomed by the long-standing MP for the area Virendra Sharma.
"As the Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall and a Councillor for 25 years before that I have often been ashamed the names of empire still pervade our streets. I have long campaigned for schools to teach more about our Imperial past, not just the great strides made but also the shameful thuggery and violence, names like Havelock belong in books, classrooms and museums, not on the streets to be celebrated," Sharma said.
"The community should come together to decide how we rename this road, but celebrating Guru Nanak Dev Ji in his 550th anniversary, and erasing a white man who killed Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus, would be a sign of our multiculturalism and our diversity," he added.
A consultation to rename Havelock road will begin "very shortly", according to Councillor Bell.