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Since India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, names of many cities, streets, places, and buildings throughout the Republic of India have been systematically changed, often to better approximate their native endonymic pronunciation. Certain traditional names that have not been changed, however, continue to be popular.
In the post-colonial era, several Indian states' names were changed. Some of these changes coincided with the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories that organized them along linguistic lines. At this time, for example, Travancore-Cochin was renamed Kerala (Malayalam: കേരളം).
Renamed Tel Aviv-Yafo in 1950 after the annexation of Jaffa (Yafo). Thiruvananthapuram, India – formerly Trivandrum. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada in 1970 from the merger of twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur. Tokyo – formerly Edo, until it became the capital of Japan in 1868. Tolyatti – formerly known as Stavropol-on-Volga and ...
This is a list of cities and towns whose names were officially changed at one or more points in history. It does not include gradual changes in spelling that took place over long periods of time. see also: Geographical renaming, List of names of European cities in different languages, and List of renamed places in the United States
List of renamed places in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; ... Renaming of cities in India; K. ... List of renamed places in the United States; Z.
Nomenclature of States in North East India; R. List of renamed places in India; Renaming of cities in India; S. List of Indian state and union territory name ...
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 ...
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.