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Old and New Names of Cities in India

General Awareness requires knowledge of many different subjects, one such topic is the old and new names of cities in India. Questions are being asked on old and new names of cities in India in Banking and other competitive exams like RRB, CDS, LIC AO, RBI, SSC, UPSC, FCI, UIIC, OICL, SBI Clerk and PO.

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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