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India List names of cities, states which changed their names

India List names of cities, states which changed their names

Whenever political parties, politicians failed to do their job they change the name of city to show they are doing something.

Whenever politicians want to shift the focus of people from the water problems, money problems, corruption they change the name of the city.

Whenever state government and central government fail 100% in their duties they do thinks like changing the name of the city to divert the topic, and stop people discussing the failures of government.

Except legal documents if you like old names always use the old name of city or state to remember your old memories.

They can change the name but history remains same.

Below is the list of Indian cities which got their name change.

1-
Old name - Gurgaon
New name – Gurugram
Name change year – April 2016

2-
Old name –Bombay
New name –Mumbai
Name change year – 1996

3-
Old name –Bangalore
New name –Bengaluru
Name change year – 2006

4-
Old name –Trivandrum
New name –Thiruvananthapuram
Name change year – 1991

5-
Old name –Madras
New name –Chennai
Name change year –1996

6-
Old name –Calcutta
New name –Kolkata
Name change year – 2001

7-
Old name –Waltair - Vizagpatnam
New name – Vishakhapatnam
Name change year –1987

8-
Old name –Cochin
New name –Kochi
Name change year –1996

9-
Old name –Pondicherry
New name –Puducherry
Name change year –2006

10-
Old name –Poona
New name –Pune
Name change year –1978

11-
Old name –Gauhati
New name –Guwahati
Name change year –1983

12-
Old name –Benaras
New name –Varanasi
Name change year –1956

13-
Old name –Tumkur
New name – Tumakaru
Name change year –2014

14-
Old name –Trichur
New name –Thrissur
Name change year –2014

15-
Old name –Baroda
New name –Vadodara
Name change year –1974

16-
Old name –Mangalore
New name –Mangaluru
Name change year -2014

17-
Old name –Mysore
New name –Mysuru
Name change year –2014

18-
Old name –Hubali
New name –Hubbali
Name change year –2014

19-
Old name –Simla
New name –Shimla
Name change year –

20
Old name –Craganore
New name –Kodungallur
Name change year –

21-
Old name –Bellary
New name –Ballari
Name change year –2014

21-
Old name –Mewat
New name –Nuh
Name change year – April 2016


22-
Old name –Jubbulpore
New name –Jabalpur
Name change year –1947

23-
Old name –Cawnpore
New name –Kanpur
Name change year –1948

24-
Old name –Belgaum
New name –Belagavi
Name change year –2014

25-
Old name –Gulbarga
New name –Kalaburagi
Name change year –2014

26-
Old name –Bijapur
New name –Vijapura
Name change year –2014

27-
Old name –Broach
New name –Bharuch
Name change year –

28-
Old name –Karnavati
New name – Ahmedabad
Name change year –

29-
Old name –Cambay
New name –Khambhat
Name change year –

30-
Old name –Bulsar
New name –Valsad
Name change year –

31-
HP
Old name –Mandav Nagar
New name – Mandi
Name change year –

32-
Goa
Old name –Panjim
New name –Panaji
Name change year –

33-
Kerala
Old name –Calicut
New name – Kozhikode
Name change year –

34-
Old name –
New name –
Name change year –

35-
MP
Old name –Indur
New name –Indore
Name change year –

36-
Old name –Avantika
New name –Ujjain
Name change year –

37-
Old name –Nasik
New name –Nashik
Name change year –

38-
Old name –Thana
New name –Thane
Name change year –

39-
Old name –Bhir
New name –Beed
Name change year –

40-
Punjab
Old name –Jullunder
New name – Jalandhar
Name change year –

41-
Punjab
Old name –Mohali
New name – SAS Nagar
Name change year –

42-
Punjab
Old name –Nawan Shahar
New name –Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Name change year –

43-
Rajasthan
Old name –Ajaymeru
New name –Ajmer
Name change year –

44-
TN
Old name –Karuvur
New name – Karur
Name change year –

45-
TN
Old name –Cape Comorin
New name –Kanyakumari
Name change year –

46-
TN
Old name –Conjeevaram
New name – Kanchipuram
Name change year –

47-
UP
Old name –Allygurh
New name –Aligarh
Name change year –

48-
UP
Old name –Prayag
New name – Allahabad
Name change year –

49-
Telangana
Old name –Indur
New name –Nizamabad
Name change year –

50-
Telangana
Old name –Ekasilanagaram to Orugallu
New name –Warangal
Name change year –

Below is the list of Indian states which got their name changed

State - Name Change

1-
East Punjab to Punjab (change effective from 26 January 1950; state later trifurcated into modern-day Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab under the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966; Chandigarh becomes a Union Territory and the shared capital city of Punjab and Haryana)

2-
United Provinces to Uttar Pradesh (change effective from 26 January 1950)

3-
Hyderabad to Andhra Pradesh (change effective from 1 November 1956; the state was divided again in 2014 with original left out Hyderabad State as Telangana. Andhra region which was merged from Madras state now remains Andhra Pradesh)

4-
Travancore-Cochin to Kerala (change effective from 1 November 1956)

5-
Madhya Bharat to Madhya Pradesh (change effective from 1 November 1959)

6-
Madras State to Chennai (change effective from 14 January 1969)

7-
Mysore to Mysuru (change effective from 1 November 1973)

8-
Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand (change effective from 1 January 2007)

9-
Orissa to Odisha (official as of November 2011)

10-
West Bengal to Paschim Banga (approved by West Bengal state legislature during September 2011

11-
Assam to Asom

12-
Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands to Lakshadweep (change effective from 1 November 1973)

13-
Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from 1 October 2006)

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2 comments:

Sandhya April 16, 2016  

Thanks for the list! I am familiar with many but some are new!