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Old Name/Ancient Name	New Name	State
Cocanada	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh
Vizagapatnam (Waltair)	Visakhapatnam
Pragjyotishpura(Gauhati)	Guwahati	Assam
Patliputra	Patna	Bihar
Panjim	Panaji	Goa
Karnavati (Ashapalli)	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Cambay	Khambhat
Bulsar	Valsad
Baroda	Vadodara
Gurgaon	Gurugram	Haryana
Mewat	Nuh
Simla	Shimla	Himachal Pradesh
Mandav	Nagar  Mandi
Sakchi	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
Bangalore	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Bellary	Ballari
Belgaum	Belagavi
Bijapur	Vijapura
Hubli	Hubballi
Mangalore	Mangaluru
Mysore	Mysuru
Muhammadabad	Bidar
Ahsanabad	Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)
Tumkur	Tumakuru
Calicut	Kozhikode	Kerala
Cochin	Kochi
Palghat	Palakkad
Quilon	Kollam
Alwaye	Aluva
Alleppey	Alappuzha
Trichur(Thiru Siva Peroor)	Thrissur
Trivandrum	Thiruvananthapuram
Cranganore	Kodungallur
Indhur	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
Jubbulpore	Jabalpur
Avantika	Ujjain
Central Provinces	Madhya Pradesh
Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Poona	Pune
Aurgangabad	Sambhaji Nagar
Jullundur	Jalandhar	Punjab
Nawanshahr District	Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Ajaymeru	Ajmer	Rajasthan
Madras	Chennai	Tami Nadu
Tuticorin	Thoothukudi
Cape Comorin	Kanya Kumari
Ooty (Ootacamund)	Udhagamandalam
Tanjore	Thanjavur
Pondicherry	Puducherry
Trichinapoly	Tiruchirapalli (Trichy)
Conjeevaram	Kanchipuram (Kanchi)
Bhagyanagar	Hyderabad	Telangana
Orugallu (Ekasila Nagaram)	Warangal
Benares	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
Prayag	Allahabad
Cawnpore	Kanpur
Allygurh (Koil)	Aligarh
United Provinces	Uttar Pradesh
Calcutta	Kolkata	West Bengal

Old Names of Countries and Cities

Old Name/Ancient Name	New Name
Siam	Thailand
Sudanese Republic	Mali
Nyasaland	Malawi
Northern Rhodesia	Zambia
Bechuanaland	Botswana
Basutoland	Lesotho
East Pakistan	Bangladesh
Ceylon	Sri Lanka
Ellice Islands	Tuvalu
New Hebrides	Vanuatu
Southern Rhodesia	Zimbabwe
Upper Volta	Burkina Faso
Burma	Myanmar
South West Africa	Namibia
Zaire	Democratic Republic of Congo
Abyssinia	Ethiopia
Batavia	Jakarta
British Guinea	Guyana
Congo	Zaire
Constantinople	Istanbul
Dutch East Indies	Indonesia
Formosa	Taiwan
Gold Coast	Ghana
Holland	Netherlands
Ivory Coast	Cote D’lvoire
Kampuchea	Cambodia
Lan Xang	Laos
Malaya	Portuguese
Purushapura	Peshawar
Malaya	Malaysia
Malagasy	Madagascar
Mesopotamia	Iraq
New Spain	Mexico
Nippon	Japan
Peking	Beijing
Persia	Iran
Portuguese East Africa	Mozambique
Salisbury	Harare
Sandwich Islands	Hawaiian Islands
Trust Territory of New Guinea	Papua New Guinea
Rangoon	Yangon
Angora	Ankara

Main Note:

• East Punjab (1947 - 1966) was divided into Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Whereas West Punjab became a part of Pakistan after independence and was later renamed as "Punjab Province".
• The name of the United Provinces was changed to Uttar Pradesh with effect from January 26, 1950.
• Hyderabad was merged with Andhra Pradesh on 1 November 1956 and was called the state of Andhra Pradesh. On 2 June 2014, it was again bifurcated to form Telangana (Hyderabad) and Andhra Pradesh.
• Travancore was changed to Kerala on 1 November 1956.
• Madhya Bharat was renamed as Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1959.
• The name of Madras State was changed to Chennai on 14 January 1969.
• Mysore to Mysore 1 November 1973.
• Lakshadweep, Minicoy and Amindivi islands were renamed as Lakshadweep on 1 November 1973.
• Assam was renamed as Assam from 2006.
• Uttarakhand from Uttaranchal with effect from 1 January 2007.
• Orissa to Odisha with effect from 1st November 2011.

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