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Renamed Indian cities-State Wise

Andhra Pradesh

Bezawada to Vijayawada

Waltair to Vizagapatam to Visakhapatnam

Kandenavolu to Kurnool

Ellore to Eluru (change effective 1949)

Cuddapah to Kadapa to YSR district

Garthapuri to Guntur

Nellore district to Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore district

Ongole district to Prakasam

Sikkolu to Srikakulam

Rajamahendravaramu to Rajahmundry

Vikrama Simhapuri to Nellore

Masulipatam to Machilipatnam

Cocanada to Kakinada

Assam

Gauhati to Guwahati (change effective 1983)

Nowgong to Nagaon

Sibsagar to Sivasagar

Gujarat

Broach to Bharuch

Viravati to Chandravati Chandravati to Vadpatra Vadpatra to Baroda Baroda to Vadodara (change effective 1974)

Bulsar to Valsad

Karnavati to Ahmedabad

Cambay to Khambhat

Himachal Pradesh

Simla to Shimla

Goa

Sanquelim to Sankhali

Panjim to Panaji

Karnataka

Effective from 1st Nov 2014

Hubli to Hubballi, the settlement was originally called Hoobhalli

Mysore to Mysuru, the settlement was originally called Mahishanooru.

Bangalore to Bengaluru, the settlement was originally called Bendakaloru.

Mangalore to Mangaluru, the settlement was originally called Magalooru.

Shimoga to Shivamogga, the settlement was originally called Shivana Mogga.

Tumkur to Tumakuru

Bellary to Ballari

Belgaum to Belagavi

Chikmagalur to Chikkamagaluru

Gulbarga to Kalaburagi

Marcera to Madikeri, the settlement was originally called Madanayakana Keri.

Hospet to Hosapete

Bijapur to Vijayapura

Kerala

Cochin to Kochi (change effective from 1996)

Quilon to Kollam

Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram (change effective from 1991)

Calicut to Kozhikode

Cannanore to Kannur

Trichur to Thrissur

Alleppey to Alappuzha (change effective from 1990)

Palghat to Palakkad

Parur to North Paravur

Alwaye to Aluva

Tellicherry to Thalassery

Cranganore to Kodungallur

Sherthalai to Cherthala

Badagara to Vatakara

Cherpalchery to Cherpulassery

Verapoly to Varapuzha

Koney to Konni

Palai to Pala

Madhya Pradesh

Avantika to Ujjain

Ahilyanagari/Indur to Indore

Rassen to Raisen

Bhelsa to Vidisha

Jubbulpore to Jabalpur

Saugor to Sagar

Bellasgate to Bheraghat

Bhopal Bairagarh to Sant Hirda Ram Nagar, Bhopal

Viratnagari to Shahdol

Mandu to Mandavgarh

Ojjain to Ujjaini

Maharashtra

Thana to Thane

Nasik to Nashik

Bombay to Mumbai (renamed in 1995)

Bhir to Beed

Poona to Pune

Puducherry

Yanaon to Yanam (change effective from merger with Indian Union)

Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from 1 October 2006)

Punjab

Nawan Shahar to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar

Ropar to Rupnagar

Mohali to SAS Nagar

Jullunder to Jalandhar

Rajasthan

Dhedhi Dhani to Mansanagar(Distt. Sikar).Effective from27.04.2011

Ajaymeru to Ajmer

Tamil Nadu

Tranquebar to Tharangambadi

Trichinopoly to Tiruchirapalli (change effective 1971)

Madras to Chennai (change effective August 1996)

Tanjore to Thanjavur

Karuvur to Karur

Tinnevelly to Tirunelveli

Tuticorin to Thoothukudi

Mayavaram to Mayiladuthurai

Virudupatti to Virudhunagar

Ootacamund to Udagamandalam

Conjeevaram to Kanchipuram

Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari

Potonovo to Parangipettai

Uttar Pradesh

Banaras to Varanasi (change effective 1956)

Cawnpore to Kanpur (change effective 1948)

Prayag to Allahabad

Kanpur Dehat to Ramabai Nagar district (change effective 2010) and back to Kanpur Dehat (change effective 2012)

Muzaffarnagar to Lakshminagar (change effective 1986) and back to Muzaffarnagar

Allygurh to Aligarh

West Bengal

Chinsurah to Hugli-Chuchura

Burdwan to Bardhaman

Calcutta to Kolkata (change effective from 1 January 2001)

Telangana

Palamuru to Mahabubnagar

Bhagyanagaram to Hyderabad

Elagandla to Karimnagar

Ekasilanagaram to Orugallu to Warangal

Siddapuram to Metuku seema to Medak

Edlabad to Adilabad

Indur to Nizamabad

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