Ever since the British left India in 1947, many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout India were assigned new Misleading names. Certain old names, however, continue to be popular. In this Way Many town and many village and streets names also changed we should not encourage this. Future generations will forget and will be confused regarding our history, culture and Dharma. Every issue will be diverted by changing the names. This is the fundamental Damaging factor of Hinduism and Hindu culture. Renamed or respelled Indian cities ================================== Renaming of cities in India =========================== Andhra pradesh --------------- Edlabad to Adilabad Bhagyanagaram - Hyderabad Elgandal to Karimnagar Indur to Nizamabad Metuku to Medak Paalamuru to Mahabubnagar Vorugallu to Warangal Khammam Nalgonda Rangareddy Ellore to Eluru (change effective 1949) Waltair to Vizagapatam Vizagapatam to Visakhapatnam Bezawada to Vijayawada Cuddapah to kadapa to YSR district Ongole Dist. to Prakasam Nellore Dist. to Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district Cocanada to Kakinada Masulipatam to Machilipatnam Ekasilanagaram to vorugallu Assam ----- Nowgong to Nagaon Gauhati to Guwahati (change effective 1983) Sibsagar to Sivasagar Gujarat ------- Baroda to Vadodara (change effective 1974) Broach to Bharuch Cambay to Khambhat Bulsar to Valsad Himachal Pradesh ---------------- Simla to Shimla Mandav Nagar to Mandi Karnataka --------- Bangalore to BengaluruOlder Name was Bendakaloru Mysore to MysuruOlder Name was Mahishanooru Mangalore to MangaluruOlder Name was Magalooru Hubli to HubballiOlder Name was hoo bhalli Tumkur to Tumakuru Shimaga to ShivamoggaOlder Name was Shivana Moga Belgaum to Belagavi Bellary to Ballari Gulbarg to GulbargaOlder Name was [[Gul{flower}Barga {Mountain}]] Marcera to Madikeri Older Name was Madanayakana Keri Kerala ------- Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram (change effective from 1991) Cochin to Kochi (change effective from 1996) Calicut to Kozhikode Quilon to Kollam Trichur to Thrissur Cannanore to Kannur Palghat to Palakkad Alleppey to Alappuzha (change effective from 1990) Alwaye to Aluva Parur to North Paravur Cranganore to Kodungallur Tellicherry to Thalassery Badagara to Vatakara Palai to Pala Verapoly to Varapuzha Cherpalchery to Cherpulassery Koney to Konni Madhya Pradesh --------------- Ahilyanagari/Indur to Indore Avantika to Ujjain Bhelsa to Vidisha Rassen to Raisen Saugor to Sagar Jubbulpore to Jabalpur Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal Bellasgate to Bheraghat Ojjain to Ujjaini Mandu to Mandavgarh Maharashtra ------------ Bombay to Mumbai Nasik to Nashik Poona to Pune Thana to Thane Puducherry ---------- Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from 1 October 2006) Yanaon to Yanam (change effective from merger with Indian Union) Punjab ------ Jullunder to Jalandhar Ropar to Rupnagar Mohali to SAS Nagar Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Rajasthan[edit] Ajaymeru to Ajmer Tamil Nadu ----------- Periyar District to Erode (change effective 1996) Tinnevelly to Tirunelveli Tranquebar to Tharangambadi Trichinopoly to Tiruchirapalli (change effective 1971) Madras to Chennai (change effective August 1996) Tanjore to Thanjavur Tuticorin to Thoothukudi Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari Ootacamund to Udagamandalam Conjeevaram to Kanchipuram Virudupatti to Virudhunagar Potonovo to Parangipettai Mayavaram to Mayiladuthurai Uttar Pradesh -------------- Cawnpore to Kanpur (change effective 1948) Banaras to Varanasi (change effective 1956) Kanpur Dehat to Ramabai Nagar district (change effective 2010) Ramabai Nagar to Kanpur Dehat (Change effective 2013) Prayag to Allahabad West Bengal ----------- Calcutta to Kolkata (change effective from 1 January 2001) Burdwan to Bardhaman Chinsurah to Hugli-Chuchura Renamed or respelled Indian states ----------------------------------- United Provinces to Uttar Pradesh (change effective from 26 January 1950) Travancore Cochin to Kerala (change effective from 1 November 1956) Madhya Bharat to Madhya Pradesh (change effective from 1 November 1959) Madras State to Tamil Nadu (change effective from 14 January 1969) Mysore to Karnataka (change effective from 1 November 1973) Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand (change effective from 1 January 2007) Orissa to Odisha (official as of November 2011) West Bengal to Paschim Banga (approved by West Bengal state legislature during September 2011 Assam to Asom (renamed in response to an appeal made by Assamese litterateur and former president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha, Chandra Prasad Saikia by Minister of State for Planning and Development. Renamed or respelled Indian union territories --------------------------------------------- Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands to Lakshadweep (change effective from 1 November 1973) Pondicherry respelled as Puducherry (change effective from 1 October 2006)
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