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In the early years after Indian independence, many name changes were affected in northern India for English spellings of Hindi place names that had simply been Romanized inconsistently by the British administration – such as the British spelling Jubbulpore, renamed Jabalpur (जबलपुर) among the first changes in 1947. These changes ...
Penuganchiprolu or Penukanchiprolu or Pennegentspoel (by Europeans) (Krishna district) Prathipalapura (Pre-Mauryan era) to Bhattiprolu (Krishna district) Prolavaram to Polavaram, Krishna district. Prudhvipuram or Prudhilapuram or Podili. Rajamahendravaramu or Rajamahendri to Rajahmundry to Rajamahendravaram.
This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.
Mumbai (/ mʊmˈbaɪ / ⓘ; Marathi: [ˈmumbəi], ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay[a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the ...
Ever since the British left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu was no exception to this trend. Even the state and its capital, Chennai along with many other cities, towns, streets and organisations were renamed post Indian Independence. Before the name changes, Madras ...
Varanasi (ISO: Vārāṇasī, Hindi: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] ⓘ; [ a ] also Benares, Banaras (Banārasa [bəˈnaːrəs] ⓘ) [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ] or Kashi (Kāśī [ˈka:ʃi] ⓘ) [ 16 ]) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. [ 17 ][ b ] The ...
Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. Other languages include Portuguese, Dutch, English and Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several Indian cities have adopted pre-English names, most notably Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Visakhapatnam (formerly Waltair), and Pune (formerly Poona).
Aurangabad (pronunciation ⓘ), [7][8] officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, [9][10] is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. [11] Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is the ...