Renamed Indian Cities

[P.J.]

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Renamed Indian Cities


1. Chennai, formerly Madras, renamed in 1996
2. Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, renamed in
1947
3. Kanpur, formerly Cawnpore, renamed in 1948
4. Kochi, formerly Cochin, renamed in 1996
5. Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, renamed in 2001

6. Mumbai, formerly Bombay, renamed in 1995
7. Puducherry, formerly Pondicherry, renamed in
2006
8. Thiruvananthapuram, formerly Trivandrum,
renamed in 1991
9. Vadodara, formerly Baroda, renamed in 1974
10. Varanasi, formerly Benares

11. Guwahati, formerly Gauhati
12. Indore, formerly Indhur
13. Kozhikode, formerly Calicut
14. Panaji, formerly Panjim
15. Pune, formerly Poona

16. Sagar, formerly Saugor
17. Shimla, formerly Simla
18. Thanjavur, formerly Tanjore
19. Thoothukudi, formerly Tuticorin
20. Thrissur, formerly Trichur

21. Tiruchirapalli,formerly Trichinopoly or its
shortened version, Trichy
22. Udhagamandalam,formerly Ootacamund or
its shortened version, Ooty
23. Vijayawada, formerly Bejawada
24. Visakhapatnam, formerly Waltair and before
that, Vizagapatnam or its shortened version,
Vizag
25. Avantika to Ujjain

26. Vorugallu to Warangal
27. Cambay to Khambhat
28. Bulsar to Valsad
29. Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective
from 1 November 2006)
30. Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar,
Bhopal

31. Jullunder to Jalandhar
32. Ropar to Rupnagar
33. Mohali to SAS Nagar
34. Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Nagar
35. Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari



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[sarang]

Tiruchirappali and tanjavur were always called so in tamil. I think even in railway station boards, tamil version was always the old name and not anglicized one.

 

[yesmohan]

MK's Tiruvarur was previously known as TIRUVALOOR.

 

[sarang]

MK's Tiruvarur was previously known as TIRUVALOOR.

Name not anglicised to suit British. Why the change?

 

[Raji Ram]

MK's Tiruvarur was previously known as TIRUVALOOR.

Reminds me of my music student who used to say LAmA instead of RAmA!

May be it was ThiluvAloor!

 

[sarang]

Chinese? Lots of jokes with L substituted for R!

Reminds me of my music student who used to say LAmA instead of RAmA!

May be it was ThiluvAloor!

 

[Raji Ram]

Chinese? Lots of jokes with L substituted for R!

She is a tambram girl from an orthodox family!

She stopped attending music classes - for the good of Lord Rama -

and when she grew up, joined LAW course. My son jokingly said,

'ammA! avaLukku eppavumE 'lA' nallA varumE'!

 

[sarang]

'ammA! avaLukku eppavumE 'lA' nallA varumE'!

Sure there will be many funny interludes when she argues!