|
Old
Name/Ancient Name |
New
Name |
State |
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Cocanada |
Kakinada |
Andhra
Pradesh |
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Vizagapatnam
(Waltair) |
Visakhapatnam |
|
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Pragjyotishpura(Gauhati) |
Guwahati |
Assam |
|
Patliputra |
Patna |
Bihar |
|
Panjim |
Panaji |
Goa |
|
Karnavati
(Ashapalli) |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
|
Cambay |
Khambhat |
|
|
Bulsar |
Valsad |
|
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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 |
|
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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 |
- 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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