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Karnavati, Ashapalli – Ahmedabad

Mewat - Nuh

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Simla - Shimla

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Sakchi - Jamshedpur

Muhammadabad – Bidar

Mhow - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar

 Gurgaon to Gurugram

In 2016, Gurgaon was renamed as Gurugram, which is the corporate hub of Haryana on the
outskirts of Delhi. Legend has it that Gurgaon derived its name from Guru Dronacharya, the
master of archery in Mahabharata who groomed theTelegram
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It is said the village was given as ‘gurudakshina’ to him by the Pandavas and hence it came
to be known as Guru-gram, which in course of time got distorted to Gurgaon.
 Bangalore to Bengaluru

A war was fought in 890 CE, according to a Western Ganga dynasty inscription
found in Begur. The city was a part of the Ganga Kingdom until the year 1004
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to as the ‘City of Guards’ in
Old Kannada. The name change took place in 2006.
Calicut to Kozhikode
Mughalsarai - Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar
Allepey to Alappuzha

Pataliputra to Patna

Quilon to Kollam
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Palghat to Palakkad

Cannanore to Kannur

Umravti, Audumbaravati to Amravati

Bombay to Mumbai

Some of the oldest names for the city date back to the 16th and 17th centuries when it was
referred to as Mombayn (1525), Bombaym (1552), Bombain (1552), Bombay (1538), Boon Bay
(1690), Bombaim (Portugese 1666) etc. Telegram @studyiqfreee
During the British rule in the 17th century, they changed the Portugese name to an
anglicised Bombay. The financial capital of India, the name Bombay was changed to Mumbai
in 1996. It derives its name from the term Mumba or Maha-Amba, the patron goddess.
Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram

The city was known as Trivandrum until 1991 when the government decided to
change it to its original name Thiruvananathapuram. It’s pronounced in
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the city of Lord Ananta. It’s
one of the oldest cities with tradition traditions dating back to 1000 BC.
Calcutta to Kolkata

The city ubiquitous for its ‘adda’ (casual gathering of people engaging in friendly banter),
adopted it’s Bengali name Kolkata officially in 2001.
The name is derived from the Bengali term ‘Kolikata’ which was the name@studyiqfreee
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three villages predating the British rule in India. The other two villages were Govindapur and
Sutanati.
Avantika – Ujjain

Central Provinces - Madhya Pradesh

United Provinces - Uttar Pradesh

Nawanshahr District - Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar

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Faizabad – Ayodhya

Ajaymeru - Ajmer

Wheeler Island to Abdul Kalam Island

Madras to Chennai
The name Madras predates the arrival of British in India. It was reportedly
derived from the term ‘Madraspattinam’, a fishing village situated north of Fort
St George.
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interpretations to the term Chennai, with one theory claiming it was named
after the Chenna Kesava Perumal temple.
Allahabad – Prayagraj

Conjeevaram - Kanchipuram

Orugallu (Ekasila Nagaram) – Warangal

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East Pakistan – Bangladesh

Ropar to Rupnagar

Mohali to Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar

Cochin to Kochi
In the 14th century, Kochi was an important trading centre dealing in spices.
It was also known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. The origin of the name Kochi is
reportedly derived from the Malayalam word ‘Kochu azhi’, which means ‘small lagoon’.
The anglicised name gave way to a more traditional Kochi in 1996.
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Pondicherry to Puducherry Lovingly referred to as ‘Pondi’, the pleasantly old-world city of Pondicherry
changed to Puducherry in 2006.

Waltair to Vishakhapatnam
Vishakhapatnam’s (Vizag) history can be traced back to the 6th century BC. It was historically a part of the
Kalinga region and then eventually ruled by the Vengi kingdom, Pallava and Ganga dynasty. It is the largest city
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of Andhra Pradesh both in terms of area and population. It went from being called Waltair during British rule
to Vizagpatnam after independence and later became Vishakhapatnam in 1987.

Gauhati to Guwahati In ancient texts, Guwahati is referred to as the city of Pragyjyotishpura. The name
Guwahati is derived from the word ‘Guwa’ which means ‘areca nut’ and ‘haat’ (market). The city changed its
anglicised name to Guwahati in 1983.
Trichy to Tiruchirappalli

Orissa to Odisha

Gulbarga to Kalburgi

Bijapur to Vijayapura

Tuticorin to Thoothukudi
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Cape Comorin to Kanya Kumari

Thana to Thane

Bhir to Beed

Ratnapur to Latur
Nasik to Nashik

Nagpore to Nagpur

Khadki to Aurangabad

Viratnagari to Shahdol

Bhelsa to Vidisha Telegram @studyiqfreee

Shimoga to Shivamogga

Mustafabad to Saraswati Nagar

Amin to Abhimanyupur
Broach to Bharuch

Cambay to Khambhat

Bulsar to Valsad

Suryapur to Surat

Bhavena (Gohilwad) to Bhavnagar Telegram @studyiqfreee

Ongole district to Prakasam district

Rajahmundry as Rajamahendravaram

Garhi Sampla as Ch. Sir Chhotu Ram Nagar

Benaras to Varanasi
Varanasi is traditionally known as the culture centre of north India for thousands of years. Known for its various ghats and
embankments where ritual cleansing takes place everyday, the city is also a global pilgrimage center. It derives its name from two
rivers: Varuna and Assi.

Poona to Pune
Pune was closely associated with the Indian freedom struggle between 1875 and 1910 when it became the centre of agitation
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spearheaded by prominent Indian leaders Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Krishna Gokhale. The oldest reference of the city can be
found inscribed on a copper plate dating back to 937 BC belonging to Rashtrakuta Dynasty that refers to the town as ‘Punya
Vishaya’. Britishers named the city Poona, but it was replaced with a more traditional ‘Pune’ in 1978.

Trichur to Thrissur
The name Thrissur is the short from of Thiru-shiva-per-ur, which means ‘The City’ with the name of Lord Shiva’. It was one of the
places where the Indian freedom movement gathered momentum after a committee was formed in 1919 of the Indian National
Congress (INC). First sites of human settlement during the stone age have also been discovered here. The anglicised Trichur was
changed to Thrissur in 2014.
Baroda to Vadodara
According to history, Vadodara was inhabited by early trade settlers who settled in the region around 812 AD. The province was primarily
dominated by Hindu kings who ruled until 1297. The name Vadodara traces its origins from a term called ‘Vatpatrak’ or banyan tree leaf. The
name change from Baroda took place in 1974.

Tumkur to Tumakaru
Known as the coconut city, the name Tumkur is widely believed to have mutated from the term ‘Tumbe ooru’ (a widely used flower), which was
available in abundance in this region. It’s also one of the cities under PM Modi’s Smart Cities Mission. The name change took place in 2014.

Hubali to Hubbali
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Old Hubli, also known as Rayas Hubli, grew as a commercial centre under the rule of Vijayanagar empire in 1336 AD. Back then it was famous
for cotton, saltpetre and iron trade. In Kannada, Hubli means a ‘flowering creeper’. The name was changed from Hubli to Hubbali in 2014. 17.

Mysore to Mysuru
Mysore is derived from the word ‘mahishuru’. The term means ‘Buffalo’ in Sanskrit and ‘Mahishasur’ (demon) in Kannada, who could shape-shift
into a buffalo as well as human. The place is well known for the sweet dish Mysore Pak and silk sarees. According to Hindu mythology, the area
was ruled by Mahishasur until Goddess Chamundeshwari killed him. The name change came about in 2014.
Mangalore to Mangaluru
Mangalore is known by four different names in four different languages: Kudla in Tulu, Maikala in Beary, Mangaluru in
Kannada, and Kodial in Canarese Konkani. It is named after the deity Mangaldevi.

Bellary to Ballari
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Bellary changed its name to Ballari in 2014. There are several accounts on the origin of its name. One legend says when
a few worshippers travelling to Ballari couldn’t find a Shiva Linga to worship, they installed a Balla (measuring cup)
upside down as Shiva Linga and worshipped it. The other legend derives its name from the old Kannada word Vallari.
Belgaum to Belagavi
One of the 12 name changes that happened within this month, the Karnataka city of Belgaum is now officially called
Belagavi. Its name originates from Sanskrit word Velugrama or 'bamboo village’

Panjim to Panaji
Goa's capital, Panaji officially detached itself from its Portuguese name Panjim in the 1960s

Tanjore to Thanjavur Telegram @studyiqfreee

Tamil Nadu's temple art hub, Thanjavur, most famous for its Brihadeeswara Temple and Tanjore painting, adopted its
new spelling post Independence. Its name is derived from the name of the legendary demon Tanjan in Hindu mythology.

Ootacamund to Udhagamandalam
Abyssinia - Ethiopia (East Africa)
Angora - Ankara (Turkey)
Basutoland - Lesotho (South Africa)

Batavia - Jakarta (Indonesia)

Burma - Myanmar (Asia)
Ceylon - Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Christina - Oslo (Norway)
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Zaire – Democratic Republic of Congo (Central Africa)
Constantinople - Istanbul (Turkey)
Dacca - Dhaka (Bangladesh)
Dutch East Indies - Indonesia (South-East Asia)
Dutch Guyana - Surinam (South America)
Edo - Tokyo
Ellice Islands - Tuvalu (South Pacific Ocean)

Formosa - Taiwan (East Asia)

Gold Coast - Ghana (West Africa)
Greenland - Kalaallit Nunaat Telegram @studyiqfreee
Holland - The Netherlands (West Europe)
Kampuchea - Cambodia (Asia)
Leopoldville - Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Mesopotamia - Iraq (South-West Asia)
Mahmoodpur - Lahore (Pakistan)
New Hebrides - Vanuatu (South Pacific Ocean)
Nippon - Japan (East Asia)
Northern Rhodesia- Zambia (South-Central Africa)

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Oea - Tripoli (North Africa)
Peking - Beijing (China)
Persia - Iran (South-West Asia)
Rangoon - Yangon (Myanmar)
Rhodesia - Zimbabwe (South-Central Africa)
Saigon - Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Salisbury - Harare (Zimbabwe)
Sandwich Wands - Hawaiian Islands (The United States)

Siam - Thailand (Asia)

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Spanish Guinea - Equatorial Guinea (West Africa)

Stalingrad - Volgograd (Russia)

Tanganyika & Zanzibar - Tanzania (South-East Africa)
Lan Xang – Laos
Upper Volta - Burkina Faso
Sudanese Republic - Mali

Purushapura – Peshawar Telegram @studyiqfreee

Malagasy Republic - Madagascar
Turicum - Zürich (Switzerland)
Raj Shahi - Islamabad (Pakistan)
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